Ukraine ‘offers Trump $100bn arms deal’ for security guarantees & leaders debate venues for Putin-Zelensky talks

Day 1,273.


Today, as we get more clarity on what the Europeans proposed to
Donald Trump in the historic White House summit yesterday, we
hear the latest from the battlefront as Russian progress appears
to have been stymied, and then do a deep dive into Moscow’s
reaction to this week’s diplomatic developments. What exactly are
they signalling?


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls
on X.


James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @jkjourno on X.


Content Referenced:


Ukraine ‘offers Trump $100bn arms deal’ for security guarantees
(The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/19/ukraine-russia-war-latest-news-trump-peace/ 


Frank Gardner’s security guarantees reflections (BBC):


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz93ve1p952t


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