Vladimir Putin set foot on U.S. soil for the first time in 10 years on Friday—but don’t try telling President Donald Trump that. In the days leading up to the historic summit between the two world leaders,

President Trump landed at 10:20 a.m. local time at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, for a high-stakes meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he tries to broker a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was not invited to the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, but 1,000 Ukrainian refugees in Alaska will be watching with trepidation.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

President Trump is on his way to Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Air Force One took off for Anchorage shortly after 8 a.m ET. The president is expected to arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage after a roughly seven-hour flight.

As Alaskans wait for an official announcement of where Friday’s meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place, a former U.S. Secret Service agent shared his perspective with Alaska’s News Source on the inner workings of such a high-stakes summit.