President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet for a face-to-face summit on Aug. 15, and both leaders are traveling to Anchorage, Alaska, for the sit-down.

The two presidents as are expected to discuss Russia's war with Ukraine, which was launched with its full-scale invasion of the country more than three years ago, as Trump angles for a peace deal. It's a high-stakes exercise for Trump as he wades into the conflict and attempts a mediator-type role, as America's staunch support of Ukraine has come under fire from some in his own party and European leaders insist Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy be present for future talks.

Here's what to know about the highly anticipated diplomatic summit.

When and where is the meeting?

The White House said the pair's meeting is set to start at 11 a.m. Alaska time (3 p.m. ET) and a joint press conference is expected to follow.

The two world leaders will meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The base hosts about 30,000 service members, their family members and civilian employees, and is approximately 700 miles from the border with Russia.

Trump is scheduled to leave Washington, D.C., early Aug. 15, flying about six to seven hours on Air Force One before landing in Anchorage.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, appearing Aug. 14 on Fox News' Fox and Friends, said Trump's meeting with Putin will be followed by a "bilateral lunch" between the two leaders and their respective delegations followed by a news conference.

Putin will be the first elected Russian leader to visit Alaska for the summit, land that the United States purchased from Moscow for $7.2 million in 1867, according to the National Archives. If everything goes according to plan, this trip will mark Putin's eighth visit to the U.S. during his presidency, a role he has held for more than 20 years across two separate terms since 1999.

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What might be discussed?

Trump said there would be “very severe consequences” if Putin does not agree to end the Ukraine war when they meet and has said his summit with the Russian president would be "setting the table" for a possible Putin-Zelenskyy meeting that he might attend as well.

In an Aug. 14 interview with conservative talk show host Brian Kilmeade on Fox News Radio, Trump called the meeting a "chess game" and predicted there's a "25% chance" the meeting could fail to advance peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump has raised the idea of a "land swap" between Russia and Ukraine, asserting that both countries would have to cede land to each other to end the war. But Zelenskyy has firmly rejected the idea of ceding any land to Russia. "Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier," Zelenskyy said in a video posted on X on Aug. 9.

Contributing: Francesca Chambers, Lauren Villagran, Tom Vanden Brook, Joey Garrison, USA TODAY; Reuters.

Kathryn Palmer is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at kapalmer@usatoday.com and on X @KathrynPlmr.

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