Alaskans share anger and hope as Trump and Putin fly in

“Putin had to be in prison, and just comes to Alaska.”

Hanna Correa is among the Alaskans Sea, which shakes the flags of Ukraine on the road to Anchorage.

“When I enter this parking lot and I see many Americans, they support it, it made me cry, or he says.

40 -year -old Mrs. Correa left Ukraine for love in 2019, and after six years, the future of her country can be decided in the adopted hometown.

US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will touch the common base Elmedorf-Richardson, a 30-minute distance. Volodymyr Zelensky, the leader of Ukraine, was not invited, something Mrs. Correa said is “quite sad”.

Among those who protested their arrival is the 53 -year -old military veteran and Christopher Kelliher, a native of Alaska.

“This is disgusting, it allows you to want to take a shower,” he says.

“Putin doesn’t have to be in our state, our country is much less.

The history of this region with Moscow attaches importance to the summit of Friday. In 1867, the United States acquired Alaska from the Russians for $ 7.2 million (£ 1.48 million).

Critics, arguing that the land had a frozen barren land, called to buy ‘Seward’s Folly’. However, then rare soil minerals and abundant oil and gas discoveries paid to this label.

Fancy churches are among the most visible symbols of Alaska’s Russian heritage. The St Tikhon Orthodox Church in Anchorage is praying for three days before the arrival of leaders.

Reverend Nicholas Cragle, an American who moved to Alaska after living in Russia for seven years, says the conflict is “especially painful and close to the heart of congregations”.

“We hope that this meeting will lead to something … It will lead to the peak of this conflict.” Cragle says.

This feeling is shared in the depth of the fishermen in the stream bed at the foot of the city, which is drawn to the region by the charm of some of the best salons in the world.

“I think this is a good idea [the summit]I wish Zelensky had been here … Take this thing, take over,

The end of the war “all the cities, all buildings, the destruction they make, makes everyone more homeless, food, materials away, to live immediately”.

Donald Trump is doing a “great job” in his ceasefire negotiations.

While the US President usually speaks warmly from his relationship with Vladimir Putin, superpower tensions continue and felt sharper here.

Moscow’s military planes were detected as routine flying on the coast of Alaska. And in January, according to the North American Aviation and Space Defense Command, more than one Russian jet was detected in the polar and the American fighter aircraft was mixed.

This creates an uncomfortable feeling for some alaskans living closer to Russia than Washington DC.

“Although the cold war between Russia and the United States is over, they are constantly patrolling in our airways.”

He continued: “If the President does not put the Hammer, we can be the next Ukraine.”

However, other Alaskas think that return to the hostility of cold war is a multi -faceted fantasy.

I ask the Senior Christopher Kelli, the army, whether he was worried about a Russian invasion. “Not really, everyone in Alaska has a gun,” he replied.