Donald Trump faced a public protest on Thursday night ahead of his one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Hundreds of people, including Ukrainians and American veterans, took to the streets of Anchorage, as the city prepares to host what many are calling the talk of the century.

The protesters criticised the president for hosting the Russian president, who has been indicted for war crimes.

Draped in Ukrainian flags and holding aloft signs that labelled the Russian president a war criminal, the crowd demanded Volodymyr Zelensky be included in peace talks .

European leaders fear that Mr Trump and his Russian counterpart could negotiate an end to the three-year conflict over the Ukrainian president’s head, who has been sidelined from discussions.

Thomas Janiglo, a Vietna

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