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President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine Friday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a high-stakes Alaska meeting that Trump hopes will bring an end to the bloodshed.

Whether it can lead to a deal to produce peace in Ukraine more than 3 1/2 years after Moscow’s invasion remains to be seen. It’s been six years since Putin and Trump last met in person.

Here’s the latest:

Cabinet members join Trump on Air Force One

8:45 a.m. ET: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are among the Trump administration officials joining the president for his flight to Alaska.

Trump will also be accompanied on Air Force One by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and top White House aides, including Chief of Staff S

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