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

It only makes sense that we’ve met here, because our countries though separated by the ocean are close neighbors,” Putin said in Anchorage.

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.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

While no deal was announced, the Russian leader secured some wins and left on good terms with the U.S. president.

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

Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.

The two world leaders sat down together in Anchorage on Friday, Aug. 15, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine

CNN Anchor and Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins reports from the White House as the days count down to the meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage,