European leaders urged US President Donald Trump on Wednesday not to strike a unilateral Ukraine peace deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their one-on-one meeting later this week in Alaska.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had convened a virtual summit with Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders as fears mounted that Putin, a former KGB spy, would seek to bring the US president back round to seeing the war on his terms.

In a joint statement, Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the participants had reiterated to Trump four key points.

First, that meaningful peace talks can only take place after a ceasefire or a “lasting and significant cessation of hostilities.” Second, that Ru

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