Melania Trump took the unique step of crafting a letter that calls for peace in Ukraine, having her husband President Donald Trump hand-deliver it to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Friday meeting in Alaska.

President Trump made an abrupt announcement about two hours into his private, roughly three-hour meeting with Vladimir Putin Friday — declaring he wanted a full peace deal in

President Donald Trump kicked off the week with a crackdown on crime in Washington, and closed it with a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Russian President Vladimir Putin got everything he could have hoped for in Alaska. President Donald Trump got very little — judging by his own pre-summit metrics.

The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty, pending talks on a broader peace deal.

It was a welcome tailored for a close friend, not a war criminal, and it looked to the Ukrainians like their nightmare.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he believes Trump's claim is true that the war in Ukraine would not have even begun if he were president instead of Joe Biden when it started.

Achieving a peace agreement is an even higher bar than the ceasefire that has eluded the Trump administration in recent months.

The White House has dismissed reports that papers relating to US President Donald Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin were found by guests at an Alaskan hotel.