Donald Trump will meet Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit in Alaska today that could bring about a peace deal in the Ukraine war.

The summit between the two leaders is scheduled to take place at 11.30am local time (8.30pm BST) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.

Both the Kremlin and the White House have expressed optimism ahead of the meeting, with Mr Trump estimating that there was only a one in four chance of the summit ending in failure.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, the US president said: “I am President, and he’s not going to mess around with me.”

Mr Trump said a second meeting would take place with Volodymyr Zelensky, which is where he expects a peace deal to be made.

“The more important meeting will be the second meeting that we’re havi

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