Trump to hold historic summit with Putin in Alaska seeking an end to Russia–Ukraine war

President Donald Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a historic summit Friday in Alaska.The president will travel to Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning for the meeting, which is somewhat equidistant from both Washington, D.C., and Moscow. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867.The high-stakes meeting is the first U.S.-Russia summit since June 2021, which was under former President Joe Biden’s administration. That summit came just eight months before Putin invaded Ukraine.WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TRUMP’S MEETING WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN IN ALASKATrump has descr