Instead of pursuing a ceasefire agreement as originally planned, the U.S. President said he would try to convince Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to concede land to the Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin exhibited concerning leg twitches while speaking with President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, for their summit on Friday, August 15. While standing toe-to-toe with Trump,

FROM THE moment he stepped off his plane onto the red-carpeted tarmac, the summit in Alaska was a triumph for Vladimir Putin. He was greeted with applause from his host, Donald Trump. The two men may have had nothing to announce after hours of talks—the first meeting between a Russian and American president since the invasion of Ukraine—but the encounter at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage transformed Mr Putin from a pariah of the West into an honoured guest on American soil.

President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine.

Following a high-stakes meeting in Alaska between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, NBC News' Peter Alexander says he is struck to see that Putin has gotten "much of what he wanted" out of the meeting.