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US-brokered talks have stalled as Russia and Ukraine exchange heavier strikes and the war intensifies, with civilians killed at the highest rate since early 2022.

  • One year after President Donald Trump hosted Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15, 2025, the diplomatic initiative has fizzled and the conflict in Ukraine has escalated significantly.
  • Despite Moscow's hopes for a "lasting peace," Russia's territorial demands regarding the Donbas region remained irreconcilable with United States and Ukrainian positions, causing US-brokered talks in early 2026 to break down.
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted in June that while a proposal existed in Alaska, "there was no agreement," and a subsequent July meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lasted only around 30 minutes.
  • Missile attacks on Kyiv have intensified, forcing Moscow-installed authorities to declare a "state of emergency" in the Crimean peninsula following a summer-long fuel crisis.
  • With United States mediation efforts at a standstill and attention shifting toward the war on Iran, the "spirit of Anchorage" has faded as the conflict claims more civilian lives than at any point since the war's first months.
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One year after Putin-Trump summit, ‘spirit of Anchorage’ dissipated

US mediation efforts are at a standstill and both Russia and Ukraine are ramping up attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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For months, Russian officials have clinged to a formula: the "spirit of Anchorage", a supposed atmosphere of relaxation and direct dialogue with Washington and a framework to find a solution to the most deadly conflict on European soil since the Second World War. An atmosphere that is difficult to trace, while the mediation efforts undertaken by the United States are at a standstill and Russia and Ukraine are multiplying their strikes. Ending th…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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France24 broke the news in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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