According to The New York Times, during yesterday’s meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Russian be recognized as an official language in Ukraine and that protections be granted to Russian Orthodox churches. He also rejected the prospect of future meetings or peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a stance that reportedly angered U.S. President Trump.

Four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs escorted a Russian Special Air Squadron Ilyushin Il-96-300PU carrying President Vladimir Putin after yesterday’s summit in Anchorage, Alaska, remaining alongside the aircraft until it exited American airspace and entered Russian territory.

According to Reuters, during today’s summit in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. President Donald J. Trump personally delivered a letter from First Lady Melania Trump to Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging action on the plight of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia and calling for their return.

According to Axios, Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Trump during their meeting in Anchorage yesterday that he would agree to freeze the frontline in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions of eastern Ukraine, if Ukrainian forces fully withdrew from Donetsk. This proposal is the same one European and Ukrainian leaders rejected last week, though U.S. officials have suggested Putin may be open to negotiating over Russian-occupied areas in Kharkiv and Sumy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to arrive in Washington, D.C. on Monday for talks with President Trump and senior officials regarding Friday’s meeting with Putin. In a call last night with leaders from the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Finland, NATO, the European Commission, and Zelensky himself, Trump reportedly said that following his discussion with Putin, the United States is now “more prepared than ever” to extend security guarantees to Ukraine—similar to those provided under NATO’s Article 5.

Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm just northeast of Puerto Rico, continuing to move farther south and west than current models projecting a turn back into the Atlantic had anticipated.

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and four F-35 fighter jets conducted a flyover above Presidents Putin and Trump on the red carpet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin left Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Alaska earlier today after an inconclusive meeting that failed to produce an agreement or schedule further talks on the Ukraine issue.

According to the White House, the following officials are traveling with U.S. President Donald J. Trump aboard Air Force One to today’s summit in Anchorage, Alaska, with Russian President Vladimir Putin: • Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio • Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent • Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick • CIA Director John Ratcliffe • White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles • Deputy Chiefs of Staff James Blair, Beau Harrison, Nick Luna, and Dan Scavino • White House Communications Director Steven Cheung • Deputy National Security Advisor Robert Gabriel Jr. • White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt • White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf • White House Director of Speechwriting Ross Worthington • Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff • Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley Fox News anchor Bret Baier is also on board to conduct an interview with President Trump regarding the summit. Separately, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, and U.S. European Command (EUCOM) Commander Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich are expected to attend the meeting in Alaska.

The Venezuelan regime confirmed this Thursday that Bolivarian troops are mobilized in its territorial waters in the Caribbean, in response to the deployment of U.S. military forces.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said that new measures to increase pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s regime will be announced “in the coming days and weeks.” However, Landau stressed that political change in Venezuela must be led by its own citizens. “The Venezuelan people must rise up and demand their freedom. We cannot go around the world changing governments at will.”