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Anchorage security ramps up before Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine’s future, Bloomberg reports
Security arrangements follow strict reciprocity protocols, with each side matching the other’s personnel and resources — from motorcade composition to the number of translators and secure waiting rooms.
US sanctions Russian crypto exchange over cybercrime — day before Trump-Putin summit in Alaska
The U.S. Treasury Department has re-designated the Russian-linked cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europe OU, accusing it of directly enabling ransomware gangs and other cybercriminals by processing over $100 million in illicit transactions since 2019.
Japan says Russian military obtained banned machine tools via Chinese firms
Japanese authorities found that over 300 precision machine tools made by Tsugami Corp., sold to seven Chinese firms, had gone missing and were later used by Russia to produce weapons components.
Trump says Putin ready to make a peace deal with Ukraine
"I believe now he's convinced that he's going to make a deal. He's going to make a deal. I think he's going to," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Russian Su-30SM fighter jet likely down near Snake Island, Ukrainian Navy says
The twin-engine, two-seat aircraft – designed for both air superiority and ground attack – crashed for unknown reasons, the Ukrainian Navy said.
Putin to present Trump with 'historical materials' framing Ukraine as artificial state, Kyiv claims
The package includes geographical maps intended to justify Russia's territorial claims and ongoing military aggression, Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation claimed.
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As Russia prepares for a diplomatic push to pressure Kyiv into withdrawing from the Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donetsk Oblast during negotiations with the U.S. this week, its forces have pierced through Ukrainian lines in a dramatic advance that could compromise the defense of the region. Over the past few days, Moscow’s forces advanced 10 kilometers toward the Dobropillia-Kramatorsk highway by leveraging its numerical superiority, the Ukrainian monitoring group DeepState reported on Aug. 11
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