President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened "severe consequences" against Russia if Vladimir Putin did not agree to stop the war.

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 Vladivostok a letter expressing concern.

An Alaskan former politician and Native rights activist explains how Alaska came to be American – and what that meant for the state’s Native population.