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

The two world leaders sat down together in Anchorage on Friday, Aug. 15, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine

The US president said a peace agreement would be better than a "mere" ceasefire, hours after summit with Putin that produced little.

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,

Trump critics raged on social media after he literally rolled out the red carpet and clapped warmly to greet accused war criminal Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump will meet Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday as the U.S. leader hopes for a breakthrough in the three-and-a-half-year war, following previous negotiations involving his envoy Steve Witkoff and the Russian president's rejection of a U.S. ceasefire proposal.

The Alaska summit has finished. Donald Trump afterwards described it as a “ten out of ten” experience, declaring that “great progress” was made towards peace in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin appreciated the camaraderie and Trump responded with hand pats and tender glances.