The documents reportedly included plans for a canceled luncheon, seating charts, a gift presentation and phone numbers for U.S. and Russian officials.

President Donald Trump is abandoning his pursuit of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and pushing for a peace deal after his Putin summit.

Trump and Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began more than three years ago. The pair announced “great progress” had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.

The summit comes days after Trump hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin without inviting Zelenskyy, and follows a contentious previous meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy earlier this year. On Friday, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump has visited Alaska several times as president, pushed for expanded oil, gas and mining permits there, and even got funding for new polar icebreakers, a popular stance in a state he won with 54% of the vote in 2024.

The Ukrainian president will be supported by European allies for the talks with Donald Trump on the future of his country.

American officials quickly discovered a major snag in planning for the summit: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host the two world leaders were severely limited.

President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight.”

The White House responded to an NPR report revealing that U.S. government papers about the summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska were left on a public hotel

The White House has released the names of all members of the delegation accompanying US President Donald Trump on his trip to Alaska, where he is set to hold his first meeting of this term with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in the evening.