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.

President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for peace talks regarding the Ukraine war.

Halibut Olympia, a Tuesday-night kind of recipe, was part of the planning (if not the eating) at the Friday meeting.

Government documents with details about meeting schedules and seating charts − as well as an extravagant menu − were accidentally left in a hotel printer.

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.

Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said her administration is standing by to provide any assistance that may be needed.

The two presidents met for more than 2 1/2 hours. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit as the U.S. seeks a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war. One key party who will not be in attendance Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump said Thursday he hopes the summit will lead to a second meeting that would include Zelenskyy. "I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenskyy, myself and maybe we'll bring some of the European leaders, maybe not," Trump said. Much remains unclear at this stage following the nearly three-hour meeting. Putin said he and his counterpart had reached an "agreement," though did not provide any further details on what was agreed to. Trump did not mention any agreement. He said there was "great progress" on several points but also did not provide any further details. He also did not go into detail on what areas they still need to iron out. He stopped short of announcing a ceasefire, which was a priority of Trump's for Friday's summit. Trump said he will call up NATO and, "of course," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Friday's meeting. "So ultimately, up to them," he said. Neither Putin nor Trump took any questions from the hundreds of reporters gathered in the room, instead quickly shaking hands before leaving the stage. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images In brief remarks following Putin's lengthier address to reporters, Trump called the negotiations "extremely productive" and that "many points" were agreed to but, "There's no deal until there's a deal." He said there are a few more points to get to, including one that was "most significant," but didn't go into detail as to what that was. "We didn't get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there," he said. He made no mention of a ceasefire. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Speaking in Russian through a State Department interpreter, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke first at the joint press briefing. He began talking about how Russia and the U.S. are "close neighbors" and that this can mark a new stage of rebuilding and fostering "mutually beneficial and equal ties." Putin said he has "every reason to believe that moving down this path, we can come to the end of the conflict in Ukraine."