What time is Trump-Putin meeting on Ukraine war in Alaska's Anchorage? Check out GMT, IST hours here

US President Donald Trump is holding a face-to-face conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit in the hope of ending the war in Ukraine.

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The Alaska summit offers Trump a chance to prove to the world that he is both a master dealmaker and a global peacemaker. He and his allies have cast him as a heavyweight negotiator who can find a way to bring the slaughter to a close—something he used to boast he could do quickly. For Putin, a summit with Trump offers a long-sought opportunity to try to negotiate a deal that would cement Russia's gains, block Kyiv's bid to join the NATO military alliance, and eventually pull Ukraine back into Moscow's orbit.

 

 

Putin-Trump talks: What is at stake?

 

There are two possible deals Trump could try to make: a deal with Putin on a ceasefire for Ukraine and a deal resetting relations between Russia and the US. Trump is interested in both, and he does not see them as mutually exclusive. This has prompted a flurry of diplomatic activity within Europe and across the Atlantic. Ukraine's red lines have been clearly set out and fully backed by European leaders.

 

As an outcome of the Alaska summit, such a reset of US-Russia relations is also most likely to materialise as a framework that simply identifies areas for future deals between the two sides. Any process to implement such a bilateral agreement between Moscow and Washington could begin immediately and run in parallel to any Ukraine negotiations.

 

This, too, would be a big bonus for Moscow. The Kremlin will be hoping that the further along things move on the US-Russia reset track, the more likely Trump will be to back Putin in negotiations with Ukraine.

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Putin is clearly more interested in improving bilateral relations with the US than he is in a ceasefire. He has, for now, skilfully avoided Trump's threats of sanctions while his forces have achieved what looks like an important breakthrough on the battlefield.

 

What time is the summit?

 

Based on recent news reports, the meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for today, Friday, August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. The talks are set to begin at approximately 11:30 a.m. local time in Alaska, which is 7:30 p.m. GMT.

 

According to Reuters, the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is scheduled for 11 a.m. local time at the Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, a major U.S. military installation in Anchorage. 11 a.m. Alaska time is 1900 GMT. Meanwhile, the Anchorage Daily News claimed that the summit is expected to begin at 11:30 a.m. local time.

 

 

If the talks begin at 11:00 a.m. Alaska time, it will be 12:30 a.m. on Saturday (Aug 16) in India IST thus, if the summit starts half an hour late at 11:30 a.m. Alaska time, it will be 1:00 a.m. IST on August 16.

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