Updated August 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM PDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Trump has landed in Alaska, where he greeted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit on American soil with a leader isolated by the West over his invasion of Ukraine.

Flying with reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump projected confidence ahead of the summit while also trying to temper expectations.

"I want to see a ceasefire — rapidly," Trump said. "I don't know if it's going to be today, but I'm not going to be happy if it's not today … I'm in this to stop the killing."

The two leaders shook hands on the tarmac at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on the outskirts of Anchorage where they walked onto a small podium flanked by fighter jets.

Trump, who pledged a quick end to the war in Ukraine

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