Russia said Wednesday attempts to resolve security issues relating to Ukraine without Moscow's participation were a "road to nowhere," and that much diplomatic work needs to be done before Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are ever in the same room.

Putin has such an arrangement with Belarus and might be satisfied with a Ukraine that’s not fully sovereign, militarily weak and outside of NATO. At the Alaska summit, Putin not only mentioned Ukraine as a “brotherly nation,” but also emphasized that “the situation in Ukraine has to do with fundamental threats to Russian security.”

The following is the transcript of an interview with Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan airing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 17, 2025.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed at his summit with President Donald Trump that the United States and its European allies could offer Ukraine a security guarantee resembling NATO’s collective defense mandate as part of an eventual deal to end the war,

Trump: “President Zelensky can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight."

U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said “it’s possible” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends the upcoming meeting between President Trump and

President Donald Trump made it clear after his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin that “there’s no deal until there’s a deal.” Trump revealed he would be calling NATO allies, key world leaders, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to brief them on the outcome of the talks.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. could support a European force in Ukraine to maintain a lasting peace in Russia's war

U.S. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker said President Trump will have to “trust but verify” Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Alaska on Friday, where they plan to