Trump and Putin “looked like buddies” during their initial greetings in Alaska Friday – but the dynamic had shifted by the end of their visit, according to a body language expert.

President Donald Trump’s meeting in Alaska with Vladimir Putin could be a decisive moment in the war in Ukraine and in the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart.

Trump held a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska at which the US president aligned himself with Putin by backing off his demand for a ceasefire amid peace-talk negotiations.

The French president was among the European leaders who visited the White House to present a united front in support of Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Donald Trump welcomed the leaders of Ukraine and several European allies to the White House on Monday after his summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week. Trump says he's now coordinating a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy - but will Putin actually follow through?