Europe and Ukraine’s leaders will speak to US President Donald Trump at a virtual meeting on Wednesday ahead of his summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, as they try to drive home the perils of selling out Kyiv’s interests in pursuit of a ceasefire.

Trump hosts Putin, a pariah in the West since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, at t alks in Alaska on Friday that the US president has said will serve as a “feel-out” meeting in his efforts to end the Russo-Ukraine war.

Trump agreed last week to the first US-Russia summit since 2021, abruptly shifting course after weeks of voicing frustration with Putin for resisting the US peace initiative. 6

Trump said his envoy had made “great progress” at talks in Moscow.

The US president says both Kyiv and Moscow will have to cede land to en

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