A potential later meeting between the presidents of Ukraine, Russia and the US will be “more important”, Trump adds.

President Donald Trump, who will meet with Putin at a U.S. military base in Alaska on Friday, has threatened “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to end the war with Ukraine. Still, Trump hasn’t followed through on ratcheting up pressure on Russia after previous deadlines to end the war came and went.

Donald Trump said he hopes to arrange a second Putin–Zelensky meeting, possibly in Alaska, as he prepares for a summit with Putin on Friday. Meanwhile, Zelensky ruled out giving any land to Russia, which currently occupies about one-fifth of Ukraine,