The summit takes place Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside Anchorage. It’s Putin’s first trip to the U.S. since 2015 for the U.N.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet at the U.S. military base in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday.

Russia says it invaded Ukraine to halt Kyiv's ambitions to join NATO, the U.S.-led defensive alliance, which it saw as a major security threat. It also accuses Kyiv of persecuting ethnic Russians and their culture in Ukraine.