Vladimir Putin set foot on U.S. soil for the first time in 10 years on Friday—but don’t try telling President Donald Trump that. In the days leading up to the historic summit between the two world leaders,

Melania Trump wrote a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin for President Donald Trump to hand-deliver during the Alaska summit. The two world leaders sat down together in Anchorage on Aug.

The high-stakes summit at the Anchorage Air Force base comes as the U.S. seeks a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.

After leaving Alaska, Trump says he would prefer to "go directly to a peace agreement" to end the war in Ukraine as he prepares to meet Zelensky on Monday.

After stepping off Air Force One, Trump applauded as Putin approached along a red carpet laid out for each leader.

It only makes sense that we’ve met here, because our countries though separated by the ocean are close neighbors,” Putin said in Anchorage.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have concluded their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, their first face-to-face encounter of Trump’s second administration and the first between a U.

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.

"We don't appreciate authoritarian dictators being invited to our state," said protest organizers Stand Up Alaska.