Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Papers bearing U.S. State Department markings and detailing President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin were discovered in the business center of an Anchorage hotel, raising new questions about the handling of sensitive government information.

President Donald Trump is set to travel to Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the first US-Russia summit since former President Joe Biden took office in 2021.

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

FROM THE moment he stepped off his plane onto the red-carpeted tarmac, the summit in Alaska was a triumph for Vladimir Putin. He was greeted with applause from his host, Donald Trump. The two men may have had nothing to announce after hours of talks—the first meeting between a Russian and American president since the invasion of Ukraine—but the encounter at the Elmendorf-Richardson military base in Anchorage transformed Mr Putin from a pariah of the West into an honoured guest on American soil.

Russia has been accused of preparing to test a new nuclear-armed missile just hours before Vladimir Putin will meet with Donald Trump to discuss the end of the Kremlin's war with Ukraine. Satellite images have shown that Russia's Pankavo nuclear test site has had an increase in activity in recent weeks.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin gave remarks after a summit in Alaska about the war in Ukraine. Trump called it "a very productive meeting" but said "there's no deal until there's a deal.