"If you're not at the table, you're on the menu", so the famous saying in international diplomacy goes.
As Donald Trump prepares to meet Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday , there is concern in Kyiv and other European capitals that they could negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine over the head of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is not invited to the talks.
European leaders – who will also be absent – have sought to present a united front with Ukraine. They issued a statement saying that "the path to peace in Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukraine", and that "international borders must not be changed by force".
What did the commentators say?
The "worst-case scenario" for Kyiv and Europe is that Trump and Putin reach an agreement on what the US president calls