Watch the moment President Trump and Vladimir Putin meet in Anchorage, Alaska, ahead of showdown talks about the Ukraine war.

The two leaders shook hands before walking alongside each other on the red carpet.

President Trump and Putin did not respond to questions from reporters on the tarmac.

The former has shifted his stance on Ukraine on multiple occasions since returning to the White House in January.

He clashed with Volodymyr Zelensky in an extraordinary public showdown where he accused the Ukrainian President of “gambling with World War Three” in front of reporters.

The 77-year-old also accused Putin of talking “bull****”, but he also phoned him in February in a move fellow Western leaders denounced.

The US President has been at odds with many of his Western counterparts throughout his time in office on the matter.

In March, he paused the supply of weapons and intelligence to Ukraine before resuming the flow a week later after Kyiv agreed to a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire.

Putin failed to back the proposal, a move which irked President Trump who hit out at his Russian counterpart for ramping up his offensive in the days following.