Putin-Trump meeting: The composition of the American delegation has become known

The White House has revealed the full composition of the delegation that will travel to Alaska with President Donald Trump to meet with Putin.

Reuters writes about this.

The delegation included:

• the Secretary of State Marco Rubio;
• the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent;
• the Commerce Secretary Howard Latnick;
• Trumpʼs special envoy Steve Witkoff;
• the White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt;
• the CIA Director John Ratcliffe;
• the White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and her deputy Dan Scavino.

Putin and Trump meeting

Donald Trump will meet with Putin today, August 15, at Elmendorf-Richardson Military Base in Alaska. The meeting is expected to begin at 10:30 p.m. Kyiv time.

The US president has previously said that there is a "good chance" of a meeting with Putin and Zelensky. He believes that this meeting could take place quickly after his summit with the Kremlin leader. However, if he does not receive the necessary answers on August 15, then the trilateral meeting will not take place.

CBS reported, citing sources, that the US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin could meet late next week. The US is already working on a location for the leadersʼ meeting.

The Kremlin leader himself, commenting on the possibility of meeting with Zelensky, stated that there are currently no suitable conditions for this.

The Wall Street Journal reported that on August 6, Putin presented the Trump administration with a proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine. In the first phase, Ukraine would withdraw its troops from the Donetsk region and freeze the front line. In the second phase, Putin and Trump would agree on a final peace plan, which would then be discussed with Zelensky.

European partners and Ukraine responded to Putinʼs plan with a counter-proposal on August 9. It states that the parties must achieve a ceasefire before any other steps can be taken.

"Ukrainians will not give away their land," said President Zelensky in response to the announcement of the Trump-Putin meeting. He emphasized that the Ukrainian Constitution has a clear answer about territories.

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