Both President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered brief remarks, but took no questions, in Alaska.

Melania Trump wrote a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin for President Donald Trump to hand-deliver during the Alaska summit. The two world leaders sat down together in Anchorage on Aug.

Zelensky has rejected Russian demands to cede Ukrainian land. The Ukrainian leader and his European partners, including the leaders of Britain, France and Germany, had lobbied the White House for weeks to demand that Moscow agree to a ceasefire before any negotiations.

It was a welcome tailored for a close friend, not a war criminal, and it looked to the Ukrainians like their nightmare.

State department papers left behind on Alaska hotel printer reveal sensitive Trump-Putin summit details - Pages found at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage before high-stakes meeting between two global l

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.