Trump-Putin summit live: Delegations head to Alaska after Trump says Putin ‘will not mess me around’ on Ukraine
Russian and American delegations have arrived in Alaska ahead of the crucial summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin later today.
Ahead of the summit, Mr Trump claimed the Russian leader was “not going to mess around with me”, as the US president hopes to seal a Ukraine ceasefire deal.
The US president also floated the idea that European leaders could be invited to participate in a second meeting, which would include Volodymyr Zelensky.
The main aim of today’s meeting is to set up talks between Putin and the Ukrainian president, Mr Trump told Fox News Radio, adding that he has three locations in mind for such a meeting.
The US president, who is gearing up to meet his Russian counterpart for the first time since 2018, said that he thinks both leaders “will make peace”.Friday’s talks between the presidents will include a one-on-one meeting, a bilateral lunch with both delegations and a press conference, the White House announced.
Earlier on Thursday, the Russian leader praised Mr Trump’s “sincere efforts” towards ending the war in Ukraine, telling Kremlin officials the US is making “quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the fighting”.
