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We've been bringing you reactions throughout the day from different leaders about the coming meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Here's a summary of who said what:

Speaking about the issue of territory during peace talks, Trump said: "We are looking to actually get some back and some swapping. It is complicated, actually nothing easy. We are going to get some back, some switched."

Russia's presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said: "We expect this process will not be simple, but we will be engaged in it actively and consistently."

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said: "The answer to the Ukrainian territorial question already is in the Constitution of Ukraine. No one will deviate from this - and no one will be able to. Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier."

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has yet to directly respond, but a Downing Street spokesperson said: "[Starmer and Zelensky] welcomed President Trump's desire to bring this barbaric war to an end and agreed that we must keep up the pressure on Putin to end his illegal war."

France's President Emmanuel Macron said: "Ukraine's future cannot be decided without the Ukrainians who have been fighting for their freedom and security for more than three years now. Europeans will also necessarily be part of the solution because their security depends on it."

We're pausing our live coverage for now - but we're watching for any developments and will bring you news of the outcome of today's talks right here if details emerge. Thanks for joining us.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have committed to strengthening ties between their two nations, the Kremlin says.

Russian state-owned news agency Tass reports that the two leaders agreed on a call to work closely together as part of BRICS, an intergovernmental organisation of 10 countries which form an economic alliance.

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As we mentioned earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been making calls to European leaders, including France's President Emmanuel Macron.

In a post on X, Macron says he spoken with Zelensky, and separately with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

"We remain committed to supporting Ukraine, working in a spirit of unity and building on the work undertaken within the Coalition of the Willing," he says.

Macron adds that Ukraine's future cannot be decided without the Ukrainians, and "Europeans will also necessarily be part of the solution because their security depends on it."

In the last few hours, Zelensky has spoken to other leaders:

Spain

Zelensky says he spoke with the prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez. He says the "main thing now is to ensure that Russia does not once again impose its unrealistic conditions on anyone."

He adds that it is important the leaders share the same view. "Europe’s voice must be taken into account. We are coordinating our common European position," he says.

Finland

The Ukrainian president also spoke with the president of Finland, Alexander Stubb. Zelensky says "we must act wisely and in coordination" to respond to "Russia's intention to prolong the war and seize territorial spoils".

An expert in Russian politics says the summit in Alaska gives Putin "legitimacy" on the world stage and will be seen as a win by Russia.

Prof Stephen Hall, an expert in Russian and post-Soviet relations at the University of Bath, tells the BBC that the summit will be "played in Russian media" as proof that the country is "no longer isolated".

"It gives [Putin] legitimacy because he will be meeting with Donald Trump - the so-called leader of the free world," he says.

Challenged on how much of a success the summit will be for Putin if nothing was to emerge, Hall says he believes Putin does not actually want to negotiate an end to the war.

Putin wants "negotiations but he does not want a negotiated end," Hall says, and instead the summit will show Russia is "needed by America".

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Zhanna Bezpiatchuk
BBC Ukrainian Service reporter

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US President Donald Trump's conditions for a Russian-Ukraine peace deal seem to be clear - territorial exchanges.

In comments on Friday, Trump said that "there will be some swapping of territories, to the betterment of both" Ukraine and Russia.

This won't be welcomed by Ukraine, which might ask what Russia will concede and Kyiv gain under this potential deal.

The fear for Kyiv is that Russia wants to gain control over Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in the east of Ukraine, where troops have been fighting vigorously for years. Ukraine still hold control of some towns in the regions, despite Russia's attacks.

It is important to note that the Trump-Putin meeting was announced on Friday, coinciding with the US president's deadline for Putin to end the war or face more sanctions.

By agreeing to meet with the US president, Putin - albeit temporarily - removes the danger of new and severe US energy sanctions. Oil remains the main source of the Kremlin's revenues, which fuel Russia's military production machine.

Could Trump see the meeting with Putin as a prelude to a potential trilateral meeting between the US, Russia and Ukraine? It's not yet clear.

Zelensky has stressed Kyiv needs to be at the negotiating table to determine the terms of a peace deal, and concerns are rising in Kyiv for the Trump-Putin summit.

The Russian ministry of defence says 27 Ukrainian drones have been shot down on Saturday between 12:00 and 15:30 Moscow time (10:00 to 13:30 BST).

In a post on Telegram, the ministry of defence says the drones were show down in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Moscow, Krasnodar Krai and Ryazan regions.

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With the Trump-Putin meeting set to take place in Alaska next week, how are people in Ukraine reacting?

A soldier from Zaporizhzhia tells Reuters he doesn't think Zelensky needs to be at the meeting.

"What would be the point? It wouldn't change anything. If Ukraine were to say they did not agree with something, Putin would just make other demands.”

Meanwhile, Olga tells Reuters she's worried that Putin won’t stop making demands. That’s why she’s against the idea of Ukraine giving up territory.

"Putin won't stop there," she says.

Halyna from Kyiv adds: "If we give up our territories, President Putin will want more after a while. I don't think we should do this."

But she disagrees with the soldier from Zaporizhzhia: Halyna says Zelensky must be present if Putin and Trump meet about the war.

"How can they decide about Ukraine without him?" she asks.

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We reported earlier that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been speaking with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer about the latest on the war in Ukraine.

Now, Zelensky says he has had further discussions with European leaders from Estonia, Denmark and France.

Here's what they said:

France's President Macron "exchanged views" with the Ukrainian president. Zelensky says the two nations are "ready to work as productively as possible for the sake of real peace".

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Zelensky discussed Ukraine's progress "towards EU membership", the Ukrainian president says.

Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Zelensky that he agrees "security decisions for Ukraine matter for everyone in Europe", Ukraine's president reports.

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At a makeshift memorial to fallen soldiers on Kyiv's Independence Square, Olesia Petrytska, 51, has been speaking to Reuters news agency.

She is the mother of a soldier from Ukraine's city Kremenchuk who died.

Speaking about Ukrainian President Zelensky refusing to give up territory to Russia, she says: "No soldier will agree to surrender territory or withdraw troops from Ukrainian territory.”

Behind her, Ukrainian flags with different soldiers printed on them are flying.

“I think all these flags were not installed here in vain. They symbolise the lives given for Ukrainian land and for every family," Olesia says.

On Trump and Putin's meeting scheduled for Friday 15 August, she commented: "They're going to have a meeting in Alaska? Really? That's nonsense.

"We've sacrificed everything, and now they're going to meet? I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous. I don't have the words for it."

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A residential building in Rostov, Russia, has been hit by a drone attack, causing a fire, the acting governor says.

In a social media post, Yuri Slyusar says the drone detonated on the 18th floor of the 20-storey apartment building, and the flat where the fire broke out is not occupied. No casualties have been reported, he says, but several other flats have been damaged.

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Russia’s defence ministry says it has taken control of the Yablunivka village in Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine.

As we've been reporting, Moscow’s forces have been advancing slowly through eastern Ukraine, in the wide open fields of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, surrounding and overwhelming villages and towns.

Russia has not managed a decisive breakthrough in its full-scale invasion, but currently controls about 20% of Ukraine’s territory. Ukrainian offensives have not pushed Russian forces back.

Helen Catt
Political correspondent

Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Vice President JD Vance will host the meeting of national security advisers from Europe, Ukraine and the United States.

It's understood the meeting will be taking place at Chevening, the foreign secretary's official country residence in Kent, where Vance and his family are currently staying. The meeting appears to have been called at the request of the US.

Keir Starmer held a call with President Zelensky this morning. A Downing Street spokesperson said that the two leaders agreed the meeting would be a "vital forum to discuss progress towards securing a just and lasting peace".

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The UK is hosting a meeting of national security advisers from the US, Ukraine and European partners today, ahead of a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin next week.

The meeting is expected to be hosted by Foreign Secretary David Lammy at his official county retreat at Chevening, in Kent, where US Vice President JD Vance is staying at the start of his UK holiday.

A Downing Street spokesperson says Keir Starmer discussed the meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky this morning, where the pair "agreed this would be a vital forum to discuss progress towards securing a just and lasting peace".

"Both leaders welcomed President Trump's desire to bring this barbaric war to an end and agreed that we must keep up the pressure on Putin to end his illegal war," the spokesperson adds.

Earlier, Zelensky said he and Starmer are committed to work towards "constructive diplomacy" and "decisions that can work".

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has spoken to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Zelensky says the leaders agreed on the need for a "truly lasting peace" in Ukraine and there is a danger that Russia reduces "everything to discussions of the impossible".

The Ukrainian leader says he appreciates the commitment of the UK, the US and all partners to end the war, and they're working for "constructive diplomacy and for decisions that can work".

As a reminder, the UK, France and other countries agreed earlier this year to step up their efforts in a "coalition of the willing" to bring an end to the war and defend Ukraine from Russia.

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According to what's been announced, the 15 August meeting only involves Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin - meaning Ukraine is not included.

But a senior White House official has told the BBC's US partner CBS News that the planning is still fluid, and it's still possible that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky could be involved in some way.

The White House earlier this week said that Trump was open to meeting both Putin and Zelensky.

The US president suggested on Friday he may start by just meeting Putin and also said he believed "we have a shot at" organising a trilateral meeting with the Ukrainian and Russian leaders, according to CBS News.

A former prime minister of Ukraine tells the BBC that Friday's meeting between the US and Russian presidents could be a "historic moment or a breaking point".

Speaking to the BBC News Channel, Arseniy Yatsenyuk says Donald Trump has "enough ammo and enough strength" to get concessions from Putin.

He says Russia must agree to an unconditional ceasefire and warns if Ukraine was to concede land, Putin will "press on Ukraine to cede another territory".

As a reminder, Trump hinted that Ukraine may have to give up territory on Friday and said: "There will be some swapping of territories."

Challenged on this, and whether Ukraine has to accept some concessions, the former Ukrainian leader says he wants to know what concessions Russia is ready to make.

He adds Putin has not changed his "ultimate goal" of taking over Ukraine but emphasises it is "completely unconstitutional" for Ukraine to concede territory.

"We are not allowed to give any kind of gifts to designated war criminal Putin," Yatsenyuk says.

Madeline Halpert
BBC News

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The first time Trump and Putin held face-to-face talks was on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, in 2017. Both sides said they talked about a wide range of topics, including Russia's alleged meddling in the US election.

Later in 2017, the US and Russian leaders met at the APEC conference in Da Nang, Vietnam, where they discussed "their determination to defeat ISIS in Syria", according to a joint statement at the time.

The following year, a Russia-US summit was held in Helsinki. The two men held nearly two hours of private talks in the Finnish capital.

There, Trump sparked an uproar when he sided with Russia, contradicting US intelligence agencies by saying the country had not interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

US intelligence agencies had concluded that Russia was involved in an effort to tip the scale of the US election against former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, with cyber attacks and fake news stories.

"President Putin says it's not Russia. I don't see any reason why it would be," Trump said at the time.

The two also met in 2019 at the G20 summit in Japan, where, in front of reporters, Trump told Putin with a smirk: "Don't interfere in the election."

Russia launched a "massive" attack on north-eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region, Ukraine's state emergency service said in the early hours of this morning on messaging app Telegram. It says there are casualties and civilians have been injured.

Meanwhile, the city of Dnipro in eastern Ukraine has also been hit by a Russian attack this morning, injuring several people, according to Ukraine's state emergency service.

Russia's overnight drone and missile attacks on Ukraine have reached record levels in recent months and, as we've been reporting, Russia's military has been claiming territorial gains in eastern Ukraine.

However, Russia's advance remains relatively slow.

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As we've been reporting, President Trump's meeting with his Russian counterpart Putin will take place in the US state of Alaska on Friday 15 August.

But why Alaska?

Reacting to the meeting, Alaska's governor Mike Dunleavy highlights the state's importance, describing it as "the most strategic location in the world".

"With a mere two miles (3.2km) separating Russia from Alaska, no other place plays a more vital role in our national defence, energy security, and Arctic leadership," Dunleavy says.

Meanwile, according to Russia's state-owned news agency TASS, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov says "Russia and the US are close neighbours, sharing a border. It seems quite logical that our delegation would simply fly over the Bering Strait".

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The Kremlin has confirmed the meeting on Friday between Trump and Putin in an online statement. The leaders will "focus on discussing ways to reach a sustainable settlement to the Ukraine crisis", Putin aide Yuri Ushakov has said.

However, it appears discussions on the war in Ukraine are not the only topics on the table. Ushakov says the US and Russia's economic interests "converge" in Alaska and the Arctic and adds there are prospects for "large-scale mutually beneficial projects" to arise.

The aide also expressed a desire for Trump to meet Putin on Russian territory, with Ushakov saying an invitation has already been extended.

As a reminder, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022 and fighting has continued since. Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year, mostly in the east of Ukraine.