President Donald Trump supports Russian leader Vladimir Putin's proposal for Moscow to take full control of the Donbas and freeze the front lines elsewhere for a deal with Ukraine.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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 are slated to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday. The high-stakes meeting comes three-and-a-half years into Russia's war with Ukraine, which Trump pledged to end on his first day back in office.

Watch live coverage as President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin gather for a long-anticipated summit at a U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska. The meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is their first during Trump's second term,

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.