{"id":129672,"date":"2025-08-15T21:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/15\/b-2-fighter-jets-fly-over-as-trump-putin-summit-begins\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:32:51","slug":"b-2-fighter-jets-fly-over-as-trump-putin-summit-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/15\/b-2-fighter-jets-fly-over-as-trump-putin-summit-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"B-2, fighter jets fly over as Trump-Putin summit begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska \u2014 President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/14\/guard-troops-patrol-union-station-as-trumps-dc-takeover-takes-root\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/14\/guard-troops-patrol-union-station-as-trumps-dc-takeover-takes-root\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> and Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/13\/trump-and-putin-will-meet-at-alaska-base-long-used-to-counter-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/08\/13\/trump-and-putin-will-meet-at-alaska-base-long-used-to-counter-russia\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake on Friday, greeting each other like old friends before heading into hours of discussions that could reshape the war in Ukraine and relations between Moscow and Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After descending from Air Force One, Trump applauded as Putin approached along a red carpet. They gripped hands for an extended period of time, with both men smiling, and Putin eventually grinned and pointed skyward, where B-2s and F-22s \u2014 military aircraft designed to oppose Russia during the Cold War \u2014 flew overhead to mark the moment at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporters nearby yelled, \u201cPresident Putin, will you stop killing civilians?\u201d and Russia\u2019s leader put his hand up to his ear but didn\u2019t answer. Trump and Putin then both climbed in the U.S. presidential limo, with Putin grinning widely as the vehicle rolled past the cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH\ud83d\udd34<br><br>A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and four F-35 fighter jets fly over Presidents Putin and Trump on the red carpet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BGp5DqQ22\">pic.twitter.com\/2BGp5DqQ22<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Osint613\/status\/1956461916337144254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pair\u2019s chumminess, while not altogether surprising considering their <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-putin-relationship-over-years-d7a6c5400d9ec88127d16278be07a145\" rel=\"\">longtime friendly relationship<\/a>, was striking given the bloodshed and suffering in the war Putin started in Ukraine \u2014 the biggest land war in Europe since World War II. It was likely to raise concerns from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, who fear that Trump will primarily focus on furthering U.S. interests and fail to press hard for Ukraine\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy and European leaders were excluded from Friday\u2019s meeting, and Ukraine\u2019s president was left posting a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/topic?id=8dacee13d8104d6c9ad570bec4c6ab0d&amp;mediaType=video&amp;navsource=explore&amp;parentlnk=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ap.org\/topic?id=8dacee13d8104d6c9ad570bec4c6ab0d&amp;mediaType=video&amp;navsource=explore&amp;parentlnk=false\">video address<\/a> in which he expressed his hope for a \u201cstrong position from the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone wants an honest end to the war. Ukraine is ready to work as productively as possible to end the war,\u201d he said, later adding, \u201cThe war continues and it continues precisely because there is no order, nor any signals from Moscow, that it is preparing to end this war.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit was a chance for Trump to prove he\u2019s a master dealmaker and peacemaker. He and his allies have cast him as a heavyweight negotiator who can find a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/22\/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-odesa-as-peace-talks-come-to-a-crux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/22\/russian-drones-batter-ukraines-odesa-as-peace-talks-come-to-a-crux\/\">bring the slaughter to a close<\/a> \u2014 something he used to boast he could do quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Putin, it was an opportunity to try to negotiate a deal that would cement Russia\u2019s gains, block Kyiv\u2019s bid to join the NATO military alliance and eventually pull Ukraine back into Moscow\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not meeting one-on-one anymore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the previously planned one-on-one meeting between Trump and Putin was now a three-on-three discussion including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff. Putin was joined by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The change indicates that the White House is taking a more guarded approach than it did during a 2018 meeting in Helsinki, when Trump and Putin met privately just with their interpreters for two hours and where Trump shocked the world by siding with the Russian leader over U.S. intelligence officials on whether Russia meddled in the 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and Putin began their discussions Friday by sitting with their aides in front of a blue backdrop printed with \u201cAlaska\u201d and \u201cPursuing Peace.\u201d Putin and Trump are expected to hold a joint press conference at the end of the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/08\/15\/trump-putin-summit-could-decide-the-course-of-the-russia-ukraine-war\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP25224650009687.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump-Putin summit could decide the course of the Russia-Ukraine war<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Trump is flying to Alaska for a high-stakes summit with Putin that could determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and the fate of European security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are significant risks for Trump. By bringing Putin onto U.S. soil \u2014 America bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for roughly 2 cents per acre \u2014 the president is giving him the validation he desires after his ostracization following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\">his invasion of Ukraine<\/a> 3 1\/2 years ago. Zelenskyy\u2019s exclusion is a heavy blow to the West\u2019s policy of \u201cnothing about Ukraine without Ukraine\u201d and invites the possibility that Trump could agree to a deal that Ukraine does not want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any success is far from assured since Russia and Ukraine remain far apart in their demands for peace. Putin has long resisted any temporary ceasefire, linking it to a halt in Western arms supplies and a freeze on Ukraine\u2019s mobilization efforts, which are conditions rejected by Kyiv and its Western allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said earlier in the week there was a 25% chance that the summit would fail, but he also floated the idea that if the meeting succeeds he could bring Zelenskyy to Alaska for a subsequent meeting with himself and Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has also expressed doubts about getting an immediate ceasefire, but he has wanted a broad peace deal done quickly. That seemingly echoes Putin\u2019s longtime argument that Russia favors a comprehensive deal to end the fighting, reflecting its demands, and not a temporary halt to hostilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump has offered shifting explanations for his meeting goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump previously characterized the sit-down as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-drone-strike-575aa4ce590256d50a9d73911f681269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-drone-strike-575aa4ce590256d50a9d73911f681269\">\u201creally a feel-out meeting.\u201d<\/a> But he\u2019s also warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/donald-trump-news-updates-8-13-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/donald-trump-news-updates-8-13-2025\">\u201cvery severe consequences\u201d<\/a> for Russia if Putin doesn\u2019t agree to end <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\" rel=\"\">the war<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said before arriving in Alaska that his talks with Putin will include Russian demands that Ukraine cede territory as part of a peace deal. He said Ukraine has to decide, but he also suggested Zelenskyy should accept concessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve got to let Ukraine make that decision. And I think they\u2019ll make a proper decision,\u201d Trump told reporters traveling with him to Alaska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said there\u2019s \u201ca possibility\u201d of the United States offering Ukraine security guarantees alongside European powers, \u201cbut not in the form of NATO.\u201d Putin has fiercely resisted Ukraine joining the trans-Atlantic security alliance, a long-term goal for Ukrainians seeking to forge stronger ties with the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/05\/trump-taps-senior-air-force-commander-for-european-command-boss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/06\/05\/trump-taps-senior-air-force-commander-for-european-command-boss\/\">Alexus Grynkewich<\/a>, NATO\u2019s supreme allied commander Europe, is in Alaska to provide \u201cmilitary advice\u201d to Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to a senior NATO military official who wasn\u2019t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. His presence is likely to be welcomed by European leaders who have tried to convince Trump to be firm with Putin and not deal over Kyiv\u2019s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potentially far-reaching implications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign governments are watching closely to see how Trump reacts to Putin, likely gauging what the interaction might mean for their own dealings with the U.S. president, who has eschewed traditional diplomacy for his own transactional approach to relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting comes as the war has caused heavy losses on both sides and drained resources. Ukraine has held on far longer than some initially expected since the February 2022 invasion, but it is straining to hold off Russia\u2019s much larger army, grappling with bombardments of its cities and fighting for every inch on the over 600-mile front line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alaska is separated from Russia at its closest point by just 3 miles and the international date line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It continues to play a role today, as planes from the base still intercept Russian aircraft that regularly fly into U.S. airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Weissert reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Matthew Lee and Jonathan J. 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