KYIV (Reuters) -As President Donald Trump prepared to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Ukrainians were watching warily, fearful the U.S. leader could sell Kyiv out in his bid for a quick deal with Moscow.

The American leader, who has set his sights on securing a truce in Russia’s 3-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine, agreed last week to hold the first U.S.-Russian summit since 2021, abruptly ending Western attempts to isolate the Kremlin leader.

Polls by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology show Ukrainians overwhelmingly want a negotiated settlement to end the fighting, but would also oppose any truce secured with crushing concessions.

Half a dozen Ukrainians interviewed by Reuters on Kyiv’s central square said they were not optimistic ahead of the summ

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