European leaders urged US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to find a way towards formal peace talks over the war in Ukraine during Friday's high-stakes, high-risk summit in the US state of Alaska.

Both Trump and Putin were on their way by midday on Friday to Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, for the bilateral meeting. The face-to-face discussion, the first direct meeting between Putin and a US president since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, could prove decisive for the future of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Zelensky and his European supporters have been relegated to the role of nervous spectators, even as they attempt to add pressure from the sidelines for favourable peace terms.

"President Trump can now take a significant step towards

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