In August 2025, as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in Alaska to discuss the war in Ukraine, speculation swirled online about whether Trump could or should arrest the Russian president at the meeting on a warrant from the International Criminal Court that accused Putin of carrying out war crimes.

Whether the U.S.-Russia summit can lead to a deal to produce peace in Ukraine more than 3 1/2 years after Moscow’s invasion remains to be seen.

The White House says Friday's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska will be a "listening exercise" for Donald Trump The US president will meet Putin for "one-on-one" Ukraine war talks in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city - while the White House also says Trump could potentially travel to Russia for further talks