President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine.

Vladimir Putin has not been known to speak English during official meetings, but the Russian President is understood to have a good command of the language

(THE CONVERSATION) If you’re confused about the aims, conduct and outcome of the summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025, you’re probably not alone.

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

Following a high-stakes meeting in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, NBC News' Peter Alexander says he is struck to see that Putin has gotten "much of what he wanted" out of the meeting.

Ga., accused Ukrainian President Zelenskyy of trying to sabotage peace talks between President Trump and Russian President Putin by launching drone strikes on Russia.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

By Tom Balmforth LONDON (Reuters) -Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been unable to capture, under peace proposals discussed by Russia's Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at their Alaska summit,

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Russia is showing "no sign" of preparing to end the war as Trump and Putin prepare to meet in Alaska on Friday.

Former Vice President Mike Pence implored President Trump to dramatically ratchet up pressure against Russian strongman Vladimir Putin to cut a peace deal with Ukraine and accused the Kremlin

Reports of the Russian president's demands have emerged following the summit in Alaska - as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares to fly to Washington DC to see Donald Trump for the next stage of talks.