Footage has been published near the meeting place between Putin and Trump

The Elmendorf-Richardson base, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump will hold talks, will become an air bridge of peace between the main nuclear states of the planet. Vladimir Artyukhov, a correspondent for Izvestia, told about this on August 15.

"The Elmendorf-Richardson base, which for the first time in its history received IL-76 military transport aircraft from Russia. <...> A symbol of the former confrontation. The fighter jet behind my back is no more relevant today than ever," he said.

The correspondent noted that the base will turn into a "global place of power" in the next few hours.

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Putin and Trump will meet at the US Air Force base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on August 15 at about 11:30 local time (22:30 Moscow time). The central topic of the presidents' meeting will be the discussion of the conflict in Ukraine. The American leader noted the importance of the upcoming meeting with the Russian side and expressed hope that the meeting would go well.

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