The Kremlin shared a video shot inside Putin’s presidential aircraft during the return flight to Russia after the Anchorage meeting.

On Aug. 15, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, for high-stakes talks focused on the war in Ukraine.

While Trump flew to JBER aboard the Air Force One, Putin arrived in Alaska aboard an Il-96-300PU, which is the primary Russian presidential aircraft for long-range travel, preceded by other support aircraft, including a Tu-214PU carrying members of his delegation.

The long-awaited meeting did not produce the ceasefire President Trump had sought: President Putin received a red-carpet welcome, an impressive flyover by one B-2 and four F-35s , and a shared stage w

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