Trump Putin meeting outcome: Latest news on Alaska summit

Trump is eyeing his Nobel moment, as Putin pushes for land. For Ukraine, there’s a strong whiff of Munich 1938 about the summit

Putin has met with American presidents many times over the decades - some more often than others.

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

The Russian leader senses a chance for more international recognition, while his American counterpart hopes to play peacemaker.

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.

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 Leaders will meet to discuss an end to the more than three-year Russia-Ukraine war.

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.

Putin will hope to appeal to Trump’s business instincts by discussing economic ties alongside the future of Ukraine.

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’.