Meanwhile, California Governor Newsom mocks Trump.

Trump boards Air Force One. He is heading back to Washington.

👋 Plane carrying Putin takes off from Anchorage.

NEW: Trump rates his meeting with Putin today a “10”.

Kremlin:

Putin and Trump made comprehensive statements following their meeting, so it was decided to refrain from taking questions from journalists at the press conference.

Kremlin:

The conversation between Putin and Trump allows us to confidently continue together on the path of seeking settlement options.

Air Force One departs for Washington.

BREAKING: Trump:

Now it is really up to Zelensky to get it done.

They are going to set up a meeting now between Zelensky, Putin and myself.

Fox: You said there was one big issue you and Putin don't agree on. Are you prepared to go public with that?

Trump: I would rather not. I guess somebody is gonna go public with it, they'll figure it out.

Trump:

I was very happy to hear him say if I was president that war would've never happened.

Trump:

Vladimir said just a little while ago, I have never seen anybody do so much, so fast. He said your country is like hot as a pistol. And year ago he thought it was dead.

The White House publishes new Trump-Putin photo.

Trump to Zelensky:

Make a deal. Russia is a very big power. And Ukraine is not.

Trump:

We're pretty close to a deal. Now look, Ukraine has to agree to it. Maybe they'll say no.

Trump:

Russia and China are basically natural enemies.

Russia has tremendous amount of land, China has tremendous amount of people.

China needs Russia land.

Trump says he may have to think about additional tariffs on China in two or three weeks.

Trump:

Both Zelensky and Putin want me in their meeting. I will be there.

Trump:

Putin said something. He said 'your election was rigged because you have mail in voting.' He said, 'mail in voting, every election, no country has mail in voting. It's impossible to have mail in voting and have honest elections.'

And he said that to me because we talked about 2020. He said, 'you won that election by so much.'

Ukraine repelled a major night attack: Russia fired 1 Iskander-M & 85 Shahed drones.

Air defenses downed/suppressed 61. Strikes hit 12 sites in Sumy, Donetsk, Chernihiv & Dnipropetrovsk.

Melania Trump sent a personal letter to Putin, delivered by Donald Trump at their Alaska summit, urging action on the abductions of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the war.

Source: Reuters

The Israeli army is expanding its operations. Israel heavily targeted eastern Gaza City in the morning.

Source: Al Arabiya