Follow live updates as Trump and Putin convene in Alaska to discuss what's next in the Ukraine war. Trump has pushed the countries toward a peace deal in recent months.

Anchorage, Alaska — U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine but also the fate of European security.

It will be the first in-person meeting between an American president and Putin since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.