US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have met at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska. Source: a live broadcast by The Independent Details: The planes carrying Trump and Putin landed at the military base in Anchorage on 15 August.

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

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.

While no deal was announced, the Russian leader secured some wins and left on good terms with the U.S. president.

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

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.

Trump critics raged on social media after he literally rolled out the red carpet and clapped warmly to greet accused war criminal Russian President Vladimir Putin.

CNN Anchor and Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins reports from the White House as the days count down to the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage,