The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering.

The President of the US, Donald Trump, plans to fly to Russia on Friday, August 15, to meet with President Vladimir Putin, according to a press conference of US President Donald Trump. "You know, I am going to see Putin.

President Donald Trump framed his Friday summit with Vladimir Putin as a moment to feel out the Russian leader’s parameters for ending the war in Ukraine and acknowledged it would take further meetings to strike a final peace deal.