After leaving Alaska, Trump says he would prefer to "go directly to a peace agreement" to end the war in Ukraine, rather than a temporary ceasefire.

President Donald Trump kicked off the week with a crackdown on crime in Washington, and closed it with a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” but did not emerge from yesterday’s summit in Alaska with an agreement on the war in Ukraine. Follow for live updates.

Putin's meeting represented a diplomatic victory after being ostracized by Western leaders since the start of the war. Just a week earlier, Trump was threatening him with new sanctions.

President Donald Trump is abandoning his pursuit of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and pushing for a peace deal after an Alaskan summit.

The much-anticipated summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin began with a warm welcome and a flyover by screaming jets at a U.S. military base in Alaska but ended with a thud Friday after they conceded that they had failed to reach any agreements on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

The meeting represented a diplomatic victory for Putin after Western leaders ostracized him at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Just a week earlier, Trump was threatening him with new sanctions.

President Trump is on his way to Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Air Force One took off for Anchorage shortly after 8 a.m ET. The president is expected to arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage after a roughly seven-hour flight.