President Trump will have the most important foreign policy meeting of his second term so far on Friday, as he comes face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin at U.S. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

The meeting convenes as Trump seeks a ceasefire in the war begun by Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The president’s tone has shifted a number of times on the conflict.

In late February, he and Vice President Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. More recently, Trump has shown frustration with Putin, complaining — sometimes profanely — about the Russian president’s propensity to make encouraging noises about peace only to launch new barrages at Ukrainian cities immediately afterward.

Here are five big questions a

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