U.S. fighter jets escort the Russian presidential aircraft, after President Vladimir Putin left Alaska following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, as seen from a plane porthole during a flight back to Russia, August 15, 2025. Photo: Via Reuters
Russian forces took two more villages in eastern Ukraine, Moscow said on Saturday (August 16, 2025), hours after Vladimir Putin held talks with Donald Trump in Alaska.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said troops took the village of Kolodyazi in Ukraine’s Donetsk region and the village of Vorone in the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information comes in.
Published – August 16, 2025 03:27 pm IST
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