🇺🇸❌🇷🇺-According to Reuters and The Guardian, Trump and Putin met in Alaska to discuss Ukraine. No ceasefire was agreed, with Putin demanding Ukraine cede Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.

➡️Trump stressed Ukraine must negotiate, noting Russia’s military strength.

➡️Zelenskyy will meet Trump in Washington to discuss next steps, while European leaders support Ukraine’s role in peace talks.

➡️The summit leaves room for further dialogue but no immediate resolution.

🇵🇱🪖📈 — Poland’s new conservative Karol Nawrocki declares that he will work for the Polish Armed Forces to be increased from the planned 300 000 men to half a million men

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🇨🇳🪖📹 — At midnight on August 17, in Dongcheng District, Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China, a large number of military vehicles of the People's Liberation Army participated in parade rehearsals.

📆 A parade will be held on September 3, 2025 in celebration of the Chinese Victory over Imperial Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War, war in which, ironically, the Chinese Red Army (predecessor of the PLA) played a minority role when compared to the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party

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🇨🇳❌🇨🇳🇨🇳 — On August 16, the overpasses on Beijing's streets and overpasses have now started to have three bridge guards assigned.

A Chinese netizen comments:

I’ve observed these bridge guards eating, and just like the police officers on duty in the police cars, they all get a standard boxed meal for each meal, accompanied by yogurt and fruit. It’s better than what many office workers eat.

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🇨🇳🪖📹 — Current traffic control situation in Beijing city as the PLA conducts parade rehearsals.

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😵‍💫📞🇺🇸🇪🇺 — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:

"A long, meaningful conversation with President Trump, first one-on-one, and then also with the participation of European leaders. In total, we spoke for more than an hour and a half, about an hour with President Trump.

Ukraine once again confirms that it is ready to work as productively as possible for the sake of peace. President Trump informed me about his meeting with the Russian leader, about the main points of the conversation. It is important that the power of America influences the development of the situation.

We support President Trump's proposal for a trilateral meeting Ukraine – America – Russia. Ukraine emphasizes: key issues can be discussed at the level of leaders, and the trilateral format is suitable for this.

I plan to discuss all the details regarding the end of the killings, the end of the war with President Trump in Washington on Monday. Grateful for the invitation.

It is important that Europeans are involved at all stages to reliably guarantee security together with America. We discussed positive signals from the American side regarding participation in guaranteeing security to Ukraine. We continue to coordinate our positions with all partners. Thanks to everyone who helps!"

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😵‍💫💬🇺🇸🇷🇺🕊🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:

"Today, after a conversation with President Trump, we further coordinated positions with European leaders.
 
The positions are clear. We need to achieve a real peace that will be lasting, not just another pause between Russian invasions. We must stop the killings as soon as possible, cease fire both on the battlefield and in the air, as well as against our port infrastructure. All Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians must be released, and the children kidnapped by Russia must be returned. Thousands of our people are still held captive; they all need to be brought home. Pressure on Russia must be maintained as long as aggression and occupation continue.
 
In the conversation with President Trump, I mentioned that sanctions should be strengthened if there is no trilateral meeting or if Russia evades an honest end to the war. Sanctions are an effective tool. Security must be reliably and long-term guaranteed with the participation of both Europe and the United States. All issues important to Ukraine must be discussed with Ukraine’s participation, and no issues, including territorial ones, are to be resolved without Ukraine.
 
Thanks to the partners who help. Today there is an important statement from European leaders that strengthens our position. We continue to work together: Europeans, Americans, and everyone in the world who wants peace and stability in international relations."

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🗣💬🇺🇸🇺🇸💬🗣🇷🇺 — 🇷🇺 Dmitry Medvedev:

"Alaska summit
First outcomes

1. A fully functional framework for high-level meetings between Russia and the US, conducted calmly and without ultimatums or threats, has been reestablished.

2. The Russian president has personally given his American counterpart a detailed account of our conditions for ending the
conflict in Ukraine.

3. After almost three hours of talks, the US leader decided to stop escalating pressure on Russia. At least for now.

4. Important fact: the meeting has demonstrated that negotiations are possible without preconditions while the Special Military Operation continues.

5. Main takeaway: both parties have placed responsibility for achieving results during future negotiations about a cessation of hostilities squarely on Kiev and Europe."

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🇺🇸💬🇷🇺💬🇺🇸 — 🇺🇸 President of United States Donald J. Trump on 🌐:

"A great and very successful day in Alaska! The meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia went very well, as did a late night phone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, and various European Leaders, including the highly respected Secretary General of NATO. It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up. President Zelenskyy will be coming to D.C., the Oval Office, on Monday afternoon. If all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin. Potentially, millions of people’s lives will be saved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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