The Putin-Trump meeting is scheduled to get under way at 3pm ET; US president says he wants to see a ceasefire and ‘won’t be happy if it’s not today’

The meeting will be the first time in four years that a U.S. president has met with Putin since the Russia-Ukraine war began.

Alaska Summit: Trump and Putin to meet in Alaska to discuss Ukraine conflict, with potential for ceasefire negotiations.

The summit will be held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and marks the first standalone meeting between the two leaders since 2018.

The two leaders will not be flanked by their advisers when they come face-to-face for the highly-anticipated meeting

Trump said there was a 25 per cent chance that the talks would fail, but added he could stay in Alaska for longer depending on what happens.

President Donald Trump said his goal is to save Ukrainian and Russian lives during Friday's peace summit that will be held at a military base in Alaska.

Donald Trump will host Vladimir Putin in Alaska - their first meeting in six years -as he tries to secure a Ukraine war ceasefire.

High-stakes Trump-Putin summit in Alaska could shape Ukraine war and European security.

Donald Trump will meet Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit in Alaska today that could bring about a peace deal in the Ukraine war.

"Trump wants to exhaust all options to have a peaceful end to war," the White House said Thursday. Whether those "options" are good or bad for Ukraine is key.

The highly anticipated summit could see the beginnings of a peace deal but will likely not end the war, experts say.

These were the updates on Putin and Trump’s meeting in Alaska on Friday, August 15.

Russian and American delegations have arrived in Alaska ahead of crucial talks later on Friday

The two leaders will not be flanked by their advisers when they come face-to-face for the highly-anticipated meeting

US and Russian presidents to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, starting at 11am local time, in what US hopes will be pivotal moment in efforts to end war

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest updates as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin meet one another in an historic summit in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.

In accordance with the schedule released by the US leader’s press service earlier, bilateral events are slated to begin at 11:00 a.m. local time

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were both in the air early Friday en route to their highly anticipated Ukraine summit in Alaska

The two are expected to hold a joint press conference following the meeting.

Putin is ‘bringing a lot of business people from Russia,’ Trump said aboard Air Force One, ‘but they’re not doing business until we get the war settled’.