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

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met to discuss a potential ceasefire for the Russia and Ukraine war - and despite not going to plan, two news anchors praised the President

Trump critics raged on social media after he literally rolled out the red carpet and clapped warmly to greet accused war criminal Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Vladimir Putin set foot on U.S. soil for the first time in 10 years on Friday—but don’t try telling President Donald Trump that. In the days leading up to the historic summit between the two world leaders,

B-2 bomber and F-35s stage an impressive flyover watched by hundreds of thousands online as Trump and Putin meet in Anchorage.A U.S. Air Force B-2A Spirit

Trump will meet Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday as the U.S. leader hopes for a breakthrough in the three-and-a-half-year war, following previous negotiations involving his envoy Steve Witkoff and the Russian president's rejection of a U.S. ceasefire proposal.

Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, including about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.