The summit will also give Putin the chance to appeal to Trump’s business interests. Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Kirill Dmitriev, a senior economic negotiator and head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, are among those who accompanied Putin to Alaska.

With no ceasefire and an invitation to Moscow, the US and Russia's meeting yields more questions than answers.

Watch live coverage from Alaska as media from all over the world have descended on Anchorage for the top-level summit.