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US President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose on a podium on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. Putin is in Alaska at the invitation of Trump in his first visit to a Western country since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has killed tens of thousands of people. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Putin arrive in Alaska for historic Summit

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have touched down at the Elmendorf Air Base in Anchorage, Alaska, ahead of their historic summit.

LAS VEGAS, NV - OCTOBER 19: Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks off stage as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump smiles after the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight is the final debate ahead of Election Day on November 8. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump: ‘I might have to start liking’ Hillary after she floated Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

On the way to his historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump expressed his gratitude to his former presidential election opponent, Hillary Clinton, for her suggestion of putting his name down for a Nobel Peace Prize.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) meets with the Head of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) in Moscow on August 13, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VYACHESLAV PROKOFYEV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin: Pres. Trump quite energetic in efforts to stop hostilities

Russian leaders are preparing for the Alaska summit aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - AUGUST 15: U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on August 15, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Anchorage, Alaska, for peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

President Trump en route to Alaska for high-stakes Putin talks

President Donald is officially on his way to Anchorage, Alaska to participate in a what he has titled as a “HIGH STAKES!!!” summit with Russia President Vladimir Putin.

An aerial view of downtown Anchorage, Alaska, with the Chugach Mountains in the background, on August 14, 2025, ahead of the August 15 scheduled meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump on Thursday acknowledged his high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin may fail, and said any Ukraine deal would come through a future three-way meeting with Kyiv to "divvy things up." Russian President Vladimir Putin flies to Alaska on Friday at the invitation of Trump in his first visit to a Western country since he ordered the 2022 invasion of Ukraine that has killed tens of thousands of people. (Photo by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photo by DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Anchorage, Alaska mayor says city is ‘prepared and ready’ for Trump-Putin meeting: ‘The crossroads of the world’

Anchorage, Alaska Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, an Independent, has announced that the city is “prepared and ready” for President Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin — which is scheduled for Friday this week.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (back L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (back R) attend a video conference of European leaders with the US President on the Ukraine war ahead of the summit between the US and Russian leaders, on August 13, 2025. European leaders will hold online talks with US President Donald Trump, hoping to convince him to respect Ukraine's interests when he discusses the war with Putin in Alaska on Friday. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump holds virtual meeting with Zelensky and European leaders ahead of Friday’s meeting with Putin

President Donald Trump held virtual meetings with leaders of NATO member states, as well as with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday ahead of Friday’s bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.