US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing for a highly anticipated summit in Alaska on the Ukraine war
Trump says Putin won’t “mess around with me” at their first one-on-one meeting in six years
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is notably excluded from the talks, and has warned that decisions made in his absence will be meaningless
What do they want? Putin consistently shows a desire to win Ukrainian territory, while Trump wishes to act as global peacemaker, our Russia and US editors write
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with tens of thousands of soldiers killed on both sides
