B2 bomber shadows Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, Russian leader breaks into a smile | WATCH

Alaska: U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to Alaska summit with a dramatic display of American air power, as B2 stealth bombers and F-35 fighter jets thundered overhead during the red-carpet reception at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.

As the B2 bomber swept across the sky, Trump leaned toward Putin and appeared to say something, while the Russian leader looked up with a smile. The moment quickly became a highlight of the Trump-Putin meeting focused on Russia’s war with Ukraine.

Both leaders stood alongside each other, shaking hands again, appearing to exchange words and ignoring shouted questions from reporters on site.

The presence of the planes during the red-carpet welcome, afforded to Putin by summit host Trump, may have been intended to remind the Russian leader of U.S. military might. 

Russian state news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti reported Friday that Putin used an Aurus, a high-end Russian-made limousine, in Alaska.

The agencies posted footage of a black limousine with Russian license plates and a small Russian flag attached to the hood driving around the tarmac.

Putin brought Aurus on foreign trips before, and even gifted one to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last year.

Trump said he and Putin did not reach a deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine after talks in Alaska, as the two leaders offered scant details on what was discussed but heaped praise on one another.

Putin said he and Trump had reached an “understanding” on Ukraine and warned Europe not to “torpedo the nascent progress.” But Trump said, “There’s no deal until there’s a deal” and said he plans to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders soon.

The high-profile summit ended without an agreement to end, or even pause, the brutal conflict — the largest land war in Europe since 1945 — which has raged for more than three years.

What did Trump say about Zelenskyy?

Trump is passing the buck to the Ukrainian president, saying he will need to agree to do anything discussed today with Putin.

“Now it’s really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done,” Trump told Sean Hannity of the Fox News Channel in a post-summit interview.

Trump said he expects a meeting to take place between Putin and Zelenskyy and that he will perhaps join them.

He declined to discuss what he and Putin had agreed to and what remained outstanding, repeating that “it’s not a done deal at all.”