By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the eve of a summit with U.S. Donald Trump that their two countries might strike a new deal on nuclear weapons as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace.

The high-stakes summit at the Anchorage Air Force base comes as the U.S. seeks a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.

Vladimir Putin has been preparing to test a new nuclear-armed cruise missile ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the United States was making "sincere efforts" to halt the war in Ukraine and suggested Moscow and Washington could agree a nuclear arms deal as part of a wider effort to strengthen peace.

Russia is using the lure of arms control to improve the atmosphere for the Alaska summit with President Trump—and set the stage for potential nuclear talks that might follow. The New START treaty, which limits long-range U.

"Rhetoric sometimes turns into action in unpredictable ways," a former senior U.S. arms control official told Newsweek.

A body language expert analyzes Putin’s subtle hand gesture during Trump’s dramatic bomber flyover at their high-stakes Alaska meeting.

Russia is using the lure of arms control to improve the atmosphere for the Alaska summit with President Trump--and set the stage for potential nuclear talks that might follow. The New START treaty, which limits long-range U.

The West must not be cowed by Vladimir Putin, the head of Britain’s Armed Forces has warned ahead of Donald Trump’s high-stakes meeting with the Russian president.