US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a limousine on their way to a high-stakes summit in Alaska, an unusual move that has drawn attention as the leaders of two adversarial superpowers rode together without interpreters. The two leaders appeared to have shared a chuckle during the journey, with footage showing them talking and smiling as the vehicle departed for the venue of their high-stakes talks. The New York Times described the act as “highly unusual” for leaders of two superpowers, particularly with their adversarial relationship. The summit in Alaska will address a broad range of issues, primarily the Ukraine conflict, but also bilateral Russia-US relations and possible joint economic projects, according to the Kremlin. The Russian delegation includes Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov, and presidential economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who has been a key figure in the Ukraine settlement process. The US team includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, according to White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt. It is the Russian president’s eighth visit to the US and the first in a decade. He previously travelled to America in 2015 to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, during which he held talks with then-US President Barack Obama.