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.

After leaving Alaska, Trump says he would prefer to "go directly to a peace agreement" to end the war in Ukraine as he prepares to meet Zelensky on Monday.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting in Alaska for a high-stakes summit. The meeting of the two leaders, which is taking place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, is aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.