Sentiment toward Russia in Alaska has cooled since Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. The Anchorage Assembly voted unanimously to suspend its three-decade-long sister city relationship with Magadan, Russia, and the Juneau Assembly sent its sister city of Vladivostock a letter expressing concern.

"We must learn from the experience of Ukraine, our partners, to prevent deception by Russia," Zelenskyy said in a statement posted to social media.

Russian forces moved at least six miles deeper into the Donetsk region in a move that appeared designed to pressure Kyiv