On the eve of their highly anticipated Alaska summit, President Trump said he believes Vladimir Putin is ready to end the war in Ukraine , RadarOnline.com can report.

But U.S.-based supporters of Ukraine are slamming the meeting for leaving Volodymyr Zelensky on the outside looking in. Article continues below advertisement

The Ukrainian president has doubled down on efforts this week to prevent any deal between the U.S. and Russia that leaves his country vulnerable to a future attack.

Meanwhile, Trump may be getting ready to chat with Putin, but he's already looking forward to a second summit – this time with Zelensky at the table as well.

"I think it's going to be a good meeting, but the more important meeting will be the second meeting that we're having," the president t

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