# Alaska summit (2025)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/2025-alaska-summit
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Putin met US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on 15 August 2025, his first visit to a Western country since 2022. The talks on ending the war in Ukraine produced no agreement. Earlier in 2025 Russia had declared Kursk Oblast retaken and held direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul. Ukrainian drones struck Russian strategic bombers in Operation Spiderweb on 1 June 2025. The summit reopened high-level Russia-US contact but did not end the war.

## Why it matters
The summit reopened high-level Russia-US contact but did not end the war.

Ruler at the time: [Vladimir Putin](https://history-russia.com/rulers/vladimir-putin-2012)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — 2025 Russia–United States summit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Russia–United_States_summit)
- [Wikipedia — Operation Spiderweb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spiderweb)
- [Wikipedia — History of the Russian Federation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_Federation)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Alaska summit](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Alaska+summit)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)