Achieving a peace agreement is an even higher bar than the ceasefire that has eluded the Trump administration in recent months.

It was a welcome tailored for a close friend, not a war criminal, and it looked to the Ukrainians like their nightmare.

President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia met Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, for the first face-to-face meeting between American and Russian leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

President Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin are holding a joint news conference after a more than 2 1/2-hour meeting in Alaska.

The meeting between the U.S. president and the Russian leader didn’t appear to yield any breakthroughs.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Here are 12 things to know about the historic, and controversial, summit. Anchorage’s military base: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Trump landed at JBER at 10:20 a.m. Friday and Putin arrived shortly before 11 a.m. They’re scheduled to hold a news conference at the end of their summit and then fly out of Anchorage.

Local officials, military personnel and businesses are scrambling to figure out basic details and get ready for an influx of visitors ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit Friday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, where the two will discuss the war in Ukraine.

A look at some moments in Anchorage, Alaska, where President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have arrived, with delegations in tow, for a high-stakes summit on the war in Ukraine.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.