Alaska and Russia’s histories are intertwined, nowhere more so than at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, long used for monitoring Soviet threats.

After stepping off Air Force One, Trump applauded as Putin approached along a red carpet laid out for each leader.

Talks between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have ended after more than two and a half hours. The leaders met in a three-on-three meeting along with top advisers a for high-stakes summit in Alaska that could determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and the fate of European security.

Watch live coverage from Alaska as media from all over the world have descended on Anchorage for the top-level summit.

President Richard M. Nixon and Emperor Hirohito of Japan meet Sept. 26, 1971, in Anchorage, in the home of Gen. Robert George Ruegg, commander in chief of the Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It was the first-ever meeting of a U.S. president and a Japanese monarch. (Anchorage Times photo)

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. The U.S. military location, whose selection two White House officials revealed to CNN,

A new report reveals China's joint patrols with Russia near Alaska may have had motives beyond a political message.