US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet on Friday for a high-stakes summit in Alaska on the war in Ukraine. The face-to-face marks the first in-person meeting between the two leaders since Putin launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

With Trump adopting Russian points that Ukraine should cede land for a peace deal, Zelenskyy was expected to seek to get the U.S. back on board with his own previous agreement with Western allies