Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning a further offensive despite Donald Trump 's hopes that their upcoming Alaska summit can bring peace in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The Ukrainian president said Monday his country's intelligence service had found that Putin had no intention of ending the fighting, adding to doubts that a breakthrough can be achieved during Friday's talks, from which Zelensky is likely to be absent.

George Beebe, former director of the CIA 's Russia analysis, told Newsweek there was reason to hope the Putin-Trump summit can help advance an end to the war in Ukraine but negotiations would have to eventually involve Kyiv.

Newsweek has contacted the Kremlin for comment.

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