The Russian president has been accused of unlawfully deporting children and transferring them from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia

If Vladimir Putin was hoping Donald Trump was still on his side against Ukraine, he left their summit very disappointed, Andrew Feinberg reports from Anchorage, Alaska

‘Putin achieved most of what he wanted and Trump achieved very little,’ the U.S. president’s former national security adviser John Bolton said

A nebulous amount of ‘progress’ has been made, and the two might meet again. But it’s pretty clear here that Trump got played in Alaska, writes Holly Baxter — and Putin got exactly what he came for

Putin humiliated Trump and failed to agreed a ceasefire. Now the US president has to sell that to his allies, explains World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

The unsubstantiated argument is one Trump has repeated many times since he decided to run again last year

Putin and Trump emerged after closed-door talks in Anchorage, Alaska, stretched almost three hours

Donald Trump gave a somewhat awkward response to Vladimir Putin’s invite to Moscow following their meeting in Alaska.

Trump and Putin had several moments during the Alaska summit when they had the opportunity to be alone together

Leaders offer scant details about what is discussed during Anchorage talks

The Russian leader’s facial expression seems to have already stolen the show

The two leaders greeted one another like friends as they shook hands and patted each other’s backs in a historic moment in Alaska

Chaotic scenes unfolded as press shouted questions at US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin with the world leaders meeting for crunch Ukraine peace talks.

‘I didn’t see the kneepads on that pic, so just deleted and reposted with a different pic,’ Piers Morgan tweeted after pulling the original post down

This is the historic moment US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as the world leaders arrived in Alaska for crunch Ukraine peace talks.

Editorial: As the Trump-Putin summit takes place in Alaska, the prospects for a lasting settlement in Ukraine are, at best, only at the ‘end of the beginning’ stage

Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev met a bear in Alaska ahead of upcoming crunch talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia has been accused of sending ‘signals’ ahead of the summit in Alaska

Vladimir Putin stopped at a fish factory whilst on his way to Alaska to meet Donald Trump to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

Clinton, a longtime rival of Trump’s, said she would personally nominate the president for the elusive price if he brokered a peace deal that did not ‘capitulate’ to Putin

Watch again as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a press conference after “high stakes” talks on Ukraine in Alaska on Friday (15 August).

Ukraine – and Europe – will be hoping that Trump can hold his nerve when he meets Putin in Alaska on Friday

Kyiv says it struck the Syzran oil refinery and Caspian Sea port of Olya in separate attacks

Ukrainian civilians who have been held captive in Russia since 2014 have been released as part of a huge exchange, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Putin’s aggression on the Ukrainian front line has stepped up in the recent weeks, leaving locals with little choice but to flee west. Harry Stourton reports from the eastern town of Dobropillia

John Healey dismissed suggestions that the UK’s approach to the Ukraine war is to ‘watch and wait’ as Russian and American delegations arrived in Alaska for crunch talks

Trump is flying to Anchorage for his meeting with Putin with a team which has no grasp on facts, or truth, and therefore no grasp on reality either, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Russian and American delegations have arrived in Alaska ahead of crucial talks later on Friday

Letter sent to mark anniversary of end of Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea is latest sign of increasingly close ties between two leaders

Sir Tony Radakin stressed that ‘Russia is weak’ and that Nato allies needed to demonstrate confidence

Orthodox Christians are taking part in three days of prayer for peace, with hope that the prayers ‘will touch the hearts of our leaders’

Editorial: When Putin declares victory, as now looks likely, the question of how willing the ‘coalition of the willing’ will be in its continued defence of Ukraine is a crucial one that few seem ready to answer – and one on which Keir Starmer must continue to take a lead

The move might dissuade Trump from imposing new sanctions on Russia

Whatever the fallout from the US-Russia summit in Alaska, the Ukrainian president – his public image and reputation having been forged in conflict – is the only person to shepherd his country into a new era, says Mary Dejevsky

All eyes will be the Alaskan city that has provided a world stage for presidents and leaders in recent history

Donald Trump has already imposed a 50 per cent import levy on India

Donald Trump says he will push for a ceasefire when he meets Vladimir Putin in Alaska

Former presidential candidate Wesley Clark warns Kremlin leader will not respond to conventional diplomatic threats, arguing sanctions have been tried and failed

Giving up the region will have ‘catastrophic consequences’, say experts

Around 7,000 children are to be taught drone skills by 2028, Lithuania’s defence minister said

WhatsApp has hit out against Russia’s actions to restrict usage of its encrypted messaging service