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

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.

During his Alaska summit with President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to lay flowers at the graves of Soviet pilots at Fort Richardson — a WWII burial site for airmen who died while training in Alaska to ferry U.

Pickup trucks, salmon fishing and grizzly-bear displays gave way to FBI agents and $1,000 hotel rooms as Anchorage’s biggest political moment unfolds.

The arrival of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday will mark a rare occasion when the Kremlin leader will set foot on American soil. Putin, who is due to land in Anchorage later on Friday, hasn’t visited the U.

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EADaily, August 16th, 2025. Bilateral meeting in In Anchorage, Alaska, the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, undermined the ability of the "war party" to disrupt negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.