Donald Trump said he will "try to get some territory back" for Ukraine during his meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

At a press conference at the White House on Monday Trump spoke at length about his meeting with the Russian leader in Alaska this week.

He said he thought Friday's sit down with Putin in Alaska would be "really a feel-out meeting" adding that “it’ll be good, but it might be bad”.

He expects to determine within minutes of the meeting whether a deal on ending the war in Ukraine can be made.

“At the end of that meeting, probably the first two minutes, I’ll know exactly whether or not a deal can be made,” he told media.

During the briefing he gave limited details about a deal with Putin but said it could include "some land swapping" with Ukraine, something the country's

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