After an Alaskan man went viral on Russian state television for complaining that the cost of repairing his Soviet-era motorcycle had increased due to the conflict in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin,

(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held calls on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, the Russian foreign ministry said, hours after a summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents yielded no deal on ending the war in Ukraine.

Russia is heading into its talks with the United States in Alaska with a "clear and understandable" stance, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on arrival in Anchorage late Thursday. Much of the groundwork for Friday's meeting between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was laid during US envoy Steve Witkoff's visit to Moscow last week,

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Alexander Darchiev have arrived in Alaska ahead of a planned Trump-Putin summit, Russian state media reported on Aug. 15.

The Russian foreign minister says they are neither ruling out nor committing to a meeting with the Ukrainian president.

Ahead of President Trump’s meeting with President Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he hopes the summit will result in a “useful conversation.” President Trump hopes to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine during the meeting,

The Kremlin is keeping its options open, but analysts said the Russian leader would probably only meet with his Ukrainian counterpart to accept a capitulation.

FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walks ahead of a joint press conference by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon/File photo

President Trump dropped his demand for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here are five takeaways from Alaska.