On August 15, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Anchorage, Alaska, for a high-stakes summit focused on efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Both leaders arrived separately in Alaska, with Putin's plane landing around 11:00 a.m. local time and Trump arriving shortly before the meeting. The talks took place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and lasted approximately three hours. The meeting included key officials such as Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. After the discussions, Trump and Putin held a joint press conference addressing the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The summit marked the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since the beginning of the war.