Live Updates: Biden and Putin to hold landmark summit in Switzerland

President Biden was to sit down on Wednesday for his much-anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Biden was facing off with Putin after a week of alliance-bolstering meetings with America's closest allies. He attended his first NATO summit as the U.S. leader, his first G-7 conference and a summit with European Union leaders all within the last week. 

Mr. Biden and Putin were expected to shake hands in front of news cameras before going behind closed doors for their day of talks, which was expected to kick off at about 1 p.m. local time in Geneva (7 a.m. Eastern). The leaders were to hold separate news conferences after the summit, which was expected to last up to five hours.