President Trump Wednesday held tense talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders ahead of his crucial Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday.

With nerves running high, Zelenskyy said the talks went well and Trump agreed that he hoped the summit with the Russian leader could lead to an immediate ceasefire.

The European allies, led by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Ukraine fear Trump will get duped by Putin into making major concessions without their agreement.

“Putin doesn’t want peace, he wants to occupy Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said at a news conference after the talks with Trump.

Trump has said he wants to see whether Putin is serious about ending the war, now in its fourth year, and described the summit as “a feeling-out meeting” where he can asse

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