WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that he plans to tell Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his invasion of Ukraine when they meet Friday in Alaska — and that he will include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the “next meeting.”

“I’m going to be telling him, ‘You’ve got to end this war,’” Trump said at a White House press conference where he announced plans to federalize local police as a part of a crime crackdown in Washington, DC.

Trump confirmed that Zelensky would not be included in this week’s summit — but promised that he would call Kyiv and European leaders after meeting with Putin if the sitdown goes well. 7

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“The next meeting will be with Zelensky and Putin, or Zelensky, Putin and me,” Trump said. “I want to arrange a meeting between the two

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