In a summit meeting marked by red carpets, handshakes and military flyovers, President Vladimir Putin made his first trip to the United States in a decade and was greeted warmly by President Donald Trump.

The Alaska summit between the U.S. and Russian leaders showcased their mutual animosity for the former president.

Viewers of Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska this week would be reasonable to wonder whether they had traveled back to 1938, says Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. "If there is one clear lesson from history,

President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday to discuss what he would require in a peace deal with Russia.