10:58 PM Today
The press conference began
10:46 PM Today
“Overall, positive atmosphere,” says Russian ambassador to the US
There is a lot of approval from Russia. The atmosphere at the talks was"generally positive," said Russian Ambassador to the US Alexander Darchiev, according to Russian media.
10:20 PM Today
The first stage of the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska has concluded: they met for almost three hours.
The three-on-three stage of the summit in Alaska—with Americans Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, and Marco Rubio, and Russians Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov, and Yuri Ushakov—has ended, according to the Kremlin.
“The small committee talks have concluded,” the Kremlin announced on the Telegram platform.
They will hold a joint press conference shortly.
9:43 PM Today
The meeting continues
One of Trump's closest aides reported that US President Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff"continue to meet behind closed doors with President Putin and the Russian delegation here at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska."
9:32 PM Today
The history of meetings between Vladimir Putin and the presidents of the United States
Bilateral meetings between the Russian and his American counterparts were common at the beginning of his term.
By Dasha Litvinova
Bilateral meetings between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterparts were common early in his term.
9:22 PM Today
“On the day of negotiations, the Russians are also killing,” Zelensky says from kyiv
As the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin began in Alaska, focused on ending Russia's war with Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky provided an update on the fighting in a social media address from kyiv.
“On the day of negotiations, the Russians are also killing. And that says it all,” Zelensky wrote in an X post accompanying his video update.
He reviewed a list of Russian targets. “Sumy: a Russian attack on the central market. Dnipro region: attacks on cities and businesses. Zaporizhia, Kherson region, Donetsk region: deliberate Russian attacks. The war continues, and this is precisely because there is no order or even a sign that Moscow is preparing to end this war,” the Ukrainian president declared.
“Russia must end the war it started and which has been going on for years,” he added. The killings must stop. A meeting of leaders—at a minimum, Ukraine, the United States, and Russia—is needed, and it is precisely in this format that effective decisions can be made. Security guarantees are needed. A lasting peace is needed.
8:16 PM Today
A B-2 Spirit bomber and four F-35s flew over Trump and Putin at the start of the summit in Alaska
The flyover by a B-2 Spirit bomber and four F-35 fighter jets marked the start of an unprecedented summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base in Alaska, where the two leaders shook hands before beginning negotiations on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The scene captured the world's attention as the presidents brought together for the first time on US soil to discuss the terms of a possible peace agreement, under strict military deployments and in a climate of maximum international tension.
7:57 PM Today
The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska in photos
The leaders of the United States and Russia meet at a military base.
7:33 PM Today
The bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin has begun
The bilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is now underway.
7:27 PM Today
This is how Donald Trump greeted Vladimir Putin in Alaska
The meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base in Alaska marked the Russian president's return to Western territory on Friday since the start of the war in Ukraine. The two leaders greeted each other with two handshakes in front of the press and got into an official car together before starting a summit whose outcome has the international community on high alert. The formal gesture symbolized the beginning of negotiations that could be decisive for the future of the conflict in Ukraine, an event closely followed by leaders around the world.
