Ethiopia and Nigeria have launched a program aimed at reducing foreign dependence by sharing expertise and increasing domestic UAV production in Africa.

BREAKING: The US is sending over 4,000 Marines and sailors, plus warships, aircraft, and a submarine, to waters around Latin America and the Caribbean as part of Trump’s expanded anti-cartel mission.

Source: CNN

Trump’s Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg won’t attend the Putin meeting because Russia sees him as too pro-Ukraine.

Source: CNN

The breakthrough on the Donetsk front has been stopped by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Source: Ukraine's Deep State

Israel is once again attacking Lebanon.

Putin's red carpet in Alaska is ready.

Putin and Trump are expected to hold a joint press conference if nothing goes wrong.

Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin says Putin's plane has not yet landed in the US.

The plane that has landed does not carry him.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

The Russian Federation expressed to the Israeli ambassador concern about the country's intention to occupy Gaza; the consolidation of new realities on the ground is unacceptable.

Air Force One lands in Alaska for the Putin-Trump summit.

Trump will now wait for Putin.

The White House says the Putin–Trump meeting will now be three-on-three, with Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff joining Trump.

Air Force One is wheels down in Alaska.

BREAKING: Russian delegation has departed for the venue of the Russia–US summit in Anchorage.

Kirill Dmitriev has published a photo of the hall where the talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will take place.

Trump to Fox News:

I won't be happy if I walk away without some form of a ceasefire.

Russian presidential car shows up in Alaska.

Trump hasn’t gotten off Air Force One yet.

NEW: The US has held internal discussions ahead of the Alaska summit on using Russian icebreakers to support gas and LNG project development.

Trump:

We may not have any more meetings at all if it does not go well.

Trump:

I’d like to see a ceasefire, and I wouldn’t be thrilled if I don’t get one.

BREAKING: Vladimir Putin's plane has landed in the US.