Senior US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, special envoy Steve Witkoff
US President Donald Trump departed Joint Base Andrews near Washington early Friday for Alaska, where he will hold a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Accompanying Trump are senior US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Ahead of the meeting, Trump posted on US social media company Truth Social: “HIGH STAKES!!!”
The two leaders are scheduled to meet at 11.30 a.m. local time (1930GMT) in Anchorage, marking the first talks between sitting US and Russian presidents since the Russia-Ukraine war began in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that Trump expressed readiness to provide his country with security guarantees.
Trump has said Russia and Ukraine would swap territories as part of a peace agreement and has threatened Putin with “very severe consequences” if he does not agree to end the war in Ukraine at the summit.
