The protections that the US and Europe would be able to provide to Ukraine are similar to NATO's collective defense mandate.

Ahead of the meeting, Trump appeared to place the onus of ending the war on the Ukrainian leader, while emphasizing that Ukraine must give up Russian-annexed Crimea and its hopes of joining NATO — key Kremlin demands.

Trump made the revelation on Sunday night, taking aim at the media over criticism of having Putin on U.S. soil.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Alaska on Friday to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump will mark nearly a decade since the leader last stepped foot in the country.

I think everybody agreed that we had made progress. Maybe not enough for a peace deal, but we are on the path for the first time,” Witkoff said.

Mike Pence calls for Donald Trump to demand secondary sanctions on Russia after Alaska summit shifts focus from Ukraine ceasefire to broader peace deal.

President Donald Trump appeared to be caught off guard with a four-word message in English from Vladimir Putin.

Trump and Putin are meeting in a summit in Alaska. Here's where they've met before, and which US presidents have met Putin in the past

On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who sat in on the meetings with Mr. Putin at the American air base outside of Anchorage, disputed the idea that the Europeans were coming as a posse to protect Mr. Zelensky from a repeat of the February shouting match.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised India's significant role in global affairs while expressing wishes for its 79th Independence Day to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.