Documents containing US State Department markings detailing preparations for the 15 August meeting between the US and Russian delegations have been found in a printer at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage,

Papers bearing U.S. State Department markings and detailing President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin were discovered in the business center of an Anchorage hotel, raising new questions about the handling of sensitive government information.

President Donald Trump is set to travel to Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday morning to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the first US-Russia summit since former President Joe Biden took office in 2021.

The documents were found at Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, near the military base where Trump and Putin’s summit took place.

President Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, for what White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt billed as a “listening exercise.”

The two presidents met for more than 2 1/2 hours. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit as the U.S. seeks a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war. One key party who will not be in attendance Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump said Thursday he hopes the summit will lead to a second meeting that would include Zelenskyy. "I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenskyy, myself and maybe we'll bring some of the European leaders, maybe not," Trump said. Much remains unclear at this stage following the nearly three-hour meeting. Putin said he and his counterpart had reached an "agreement," though did not provide any further details on what was agreed to. Trump did not mention any agreement. He said there was "great progress" on several points but also did not provide any further details. He also did not go into detail on what areas they still need to iron out. He stopped short of announcing a ceasefire, which was a priority of Trump's for Friday's summit. Trump said he will call up NATO and, "of course," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Friday's meeting. "So ultimately, up to them," he said. Neither Putin nor Trump took any questions from the hundreds of reporters gathered in the room, instead quickly shaking hands before leaving the stage. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images In brief remarks following Putin's lengthier address to reporters, Trump called the negotiations "extremely productive" and that "many points" were agreed to but, "There's no deal until there's a deal." He said there are a few more points to get to, including one that was "most significant," but didn't go into detail as to what that was. "We didn't get there, but we have a very good chance of getting there," he said. He made no mention of a ceasefire. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump after participating in a US-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Speaking in Russian through a State Department interpreter, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke first at the joint press briefing. He began talking about how Russia and the U.S. are "close neighbors" and that this can mark a new stage of rebuilding and fostering "mutually beneficial and equal ties." Putin said he has "every reason to believe that moving down this path, we can come to the end of the conflict in Ukraine."

Russia has been accused of preparing to test a new nuclear-armed missile just hours before Vladimir Putin will meet with Donald Trump to discuss the end of the Kremlin's war with Ukraine. Satellite images have shown that Russia's Pankavo nuclear test site has had an increase in activity in recent weeks.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin gave remarks after a summit in Alaska about the war in Ukraine. Trump called it "a very productive meeting" but said "there's no deal until there's a deal.