The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering.

Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent,

United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he'll know "within the first two minutes" of his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin whether a deal can be made on ending the war in Ukraine. Trump spoke to reporters in the White House ahead of his Friday talks with the Russian leader in Alaska.