Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with the leaders of Ukraine and Britain on Monday amid a flurry of international diplomatic efforts to shore up support for Ukraine ahead of negotiations between the U.S. and Russia aimed toward a peace deal.

Carney’s conversations came as U.S. President Donald Trump previewed his approach to Friday’s planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska , and suggested Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the three-and-a-half-year war in Ukraine.

A readout from the Prime Minister’s Office of Carney’s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — who has yet to be invited to the upcoming talks — said the two leaders “agreed on the categorical imperatives of ending Russia’s barbaric war” to achieve a lasting peace.

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