John Helmer: Russian Sources Say Trump Has Accepted Russia’s Territorial Claims in Ukraine

After meeting for less than three hours in Alaska on August 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a joint press conference in which they fielded no questions. During that press conference, Trump disclosed that no Ukraine peace-deal had been struck, but also claimed (without disclosing any details) that the U.S. and Russian governments had reached agreement on several key issues. Trump then stated that he would speak with NATO and European leaders, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with a view to securing their support for the Trump administration’s approach to resolving the Ukraine war. On the day after the Putin-Trump press conference, Dimitri Lascaris spoke with John Helmer about what really happened behind closed doors in Alaska. John revealed that, according to his Russian sources, the Trump administration has accepted Russia’s claims to Crimea and four oblasts in southeastern Ukraine, and has also accepted that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO. John Helmer is the longest continuously serving foreign correspondent in Russia, and the only Western journalist to direct his own bureau, independent of national or commercial ties.

This video was produced by Reason2Resist and published on their YouTube channel on the 16th of August, 2025. We have translated it into German and are republishing it today to help build opinion on this issue in Germany and beyond.

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ABOUT DIMITRI LASCARIS

Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist and lawyer. As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second. He is also the founder and editor of the YouTube channel Reasons 2 Resists with Dimitri Lascaris.

ABOUT JOHN HELMER

John Holmer is the longest continuously serving foreign correspondent in Russia, and the only Western journalist to direct his own bureau, independent of national or commercial ties. Born and educated in Australia, then at Harvard University, John has also been a professor of political science, sociology and journalism and an adviser to governments, including Greece and Australia.