(19 Aug 2025)
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++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS OPERATING IN RUSSIA ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN RESTRICTIONS ON ALL REPORTING RELATED TO THE ONGOING MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia – 19 August 2025
1. Various of Kremlin exterior
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Kostrov, Moscow resident:
"The conflict situation, of course, will outlive itself over time, regardless of the meeting with Trump, or not. I do not know when, but it will definitely happen and we will definitely come to peace, just maybe not very soon."
++INCLUDES SHOT 3++
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ARCHIVE: Joint Base Elmendorft-Richardson, Alaska – 15 August 2025
3. Tracking shot of Russian President Vladimir Putin walking to shake hands with U.S. President Donald Trump
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia – 19 August 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yuriy Evgrafov, Moscow resident:
"It seems to me that this will not give much, some changes may happen, but I do not believe it. Especially Zelenskyy – you can see for yourself, it is useless to expect anything good from him. Until he is removed, nothing will get better."
++INCLUDES SHOT 3, 5++
5. Various of Moscow streets
6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Denis Yashin, Moscow resident:
"I think that this meeting will not take place until they agree on the technical aspects of the exchange of territories. As soon as there is agreement between the parties, then everything will happen very quickly, and we will be happy."
++INCLUDES SHOT 5, 7++
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ARCHIVE: Joint Base Elmendorft-Richardson, Alaska – 15 August 2025
7. Putin and Trump seen in the window as car drives off
STORYLINE:
Russian media and Moscow residents reacted to the recent flurry of diplomacy regarding Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after U.S President Donald Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington D.C.
Some residents in Moscow continue to be skeptical about the efficacy of such dialogue.
Yuriy Evgrafov, Moscow resident, said that he did not believe changes would happen, and criticised Zelenskyy.
"Until he is removed, nothing will get better," he said,
Denis Yashin, Moscow resident, said he did not believe that a meeting between Ukraine and Russia would take place until there was some agreement about the exchange of territories.
"As soon as there is agreement between the parties, then everything will happen very quickly, and we will be happy," he added.
Zelenskyy and European leaders said that Putin has demanded that Ukraine give up the Donbas, an industrial region in eastern Ukraine that has seen some of the most intense fighting but that Russian forces have failed to capture completely.
Moscow’s forces also hold Crimea as well as parts of six other regions — all adding up to about one-fifth of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy has long noted the Ukrainian Constitution prohibits breaking up his country. He has also suggested the demand for territory would serve as a springboard for future invasion.
Rutte said the possibility of Ukraine ceding occupied territory to Russia in return for peace wasn’t discussed in Monday’s talks. That is an issue for Zelenskyy and Putin to consider together, he said to Fox News.
Zelenskyy has repeatedly suggested sitting down with Putin, even challenging the Russian leader to meet him as part of direct peace talks between the two sides in Turkey in May. Putin snubbed that offer, saying that significant progress on an agreement would have to be made before the pair met in person.
He said he would join the two leaders afterward.
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