The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is now underway in Anchorage, Alaska — their first one-on-one meeting in seven years.The two leaders greeted each other on a long red carpet set between Air Force fighter jets.

Here are 12 things to know about the historic, and controversial, summit. Anchorage’s military base: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Trump landed at JBER at 10:20 a.m. Friday and Putin arrived shortly before 11 a.m. They’re scheduled to hold a news conference at the end of their summit and then fly out of Anchorage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aircraft landed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage for talks with President Trump Friday. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Trump would be meeting the Russian leader on the tarmac.

All eyes will be the Alaskan city that has provided a world stage for presidents and leaders in recent history

B-2 bomber and F-35s stage an impressive flyover watched by hundreds of thousands online as Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage. A U.S. Air Force B-2A

As Putin steps onto this patch of US soil later today, he will surely be hoping to strike a better deal than his country’s imperial leaders, who ruled Alaska as “Russian America” for nearly 70 years before selling it to the US in 1867 for just $7.2m.

Russian journalists who arrived in Alaska last night as part of Vladimir Putin’s press pool said they were disappointed when they saw their accommodations. Instead of hotel rooms, many slept on beds inside a sprawling sports stadium.

The Kremlin shared a video shot inside Putin’s presidential aircraft during the return flight to Russia after the Anchorage meeting. On Aug. 15, 2025,