(CNN) — 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 the 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.

After the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Trump was “very clear” that Washington wants to obtain a ceasefire and that Ukraine’s territorial issues cannot be negotiated without Zelensky.

Trump, who described the call as “very good,” told reporters that if his summit with Putin goes

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