By Dmitriy Turlyun ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -A flurry of superpower-style signalling from Washington and Moscow over the war in Ukraine heralded the first U.S.-Russian summit in four years, but on the ground in Alaska there was a mix of the bizarre,

U.S. President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place at 11 a.m. GMT) in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday, the White House said in a press schedule statement on Thursday.

On the eve of a rare US-Russia summit in Alaska's largest city, residents and visitors expressed a mix of optimism, doubt and impatience about what Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin might achieve when they meet Friday to discuss ending the conflict in Ukraine.