Discussions could reshape war in Ukraine and Moscow-Washington relations – without Zelenskyy or European leaders

• What’s at stake at the Trump-Putin Ukraine peace summit?

Donald Trump has given Russian president Vladimir Putin a warm welcome to US soil as they begin a critical summit on the war in Ukraine.

Both leaders disembarked their planes at 11.08am local time at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a cold war-era air force base on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska.