President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Alaska for a high-stakes summit . The meeting of the two leaders, which is taking place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, is aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. The summit kicked off with both leaders stepping from their respective planes and walking down a red carpet flanked by F-22 fighters and greeting each other before taking part in a photo opportunity. As they met on the tarmac, a B-2 bomber and four F-35 fighter jets flew overhead. During the summit, Putin was joined by Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov while Trump was accompanied by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The group met in a room with a blue backdrop with the words "Pursuing Peace."

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