The Alaska summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders showcased their mutual animosity for the former president.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Alaska on Friday in their high-stakes summit seeking a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, but while Putin mentioned an "agreement" in the post-meeting news conference and Trump said "great progress" was made,

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

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

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.

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.

U.S. President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump, raised the plight of children in Ukraine and Russia in a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, two White House officials said on Friday.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet at a U.S. military base in Anchorage to discuss efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The Morning Joe panel -- including David Ignatius,