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.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is a prime midway rest stop for dignitaries on the route from Washington to eastern Asia.