By Kate Sullivan, Natalia Drozdiak and Eric Martin, Bloomberg News

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will measure success at their summit in Alaska very differently, even as both leaders are already looking toward a second meeting.

The U.S. president sees any kind of ceasefire in Ukraine as a key objective of the talks. For the Russian leader, getting face time with Trump on American soil without having made any concessions on the war is already a win.

Those are the contrasting stakes as both leaders head to Anchorage for their first summit since 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The imbalance points to the perils and opportunities for Trump, who has long cast himself as the only one who can end the war. Putin has little incentive to stop the fighting as Russia’s military slowly grinds out gains

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