President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet face-to-face with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, Aug. 15, after months of unsuccessful diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war.

The two leaders are meeting at a U.S. military base in Alaska . Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not be in attendance. Zelenskyy spoke with Trump twice this week and has rejected the idea of territorial concessions to end the war.

Trump said Aug. 14 that the "more important meeting" will be one that includes both Zelenskyy and Putin. That will come next, he said.

“We're going to see what happens," Trump said Aug. 14. "And I think President Putin will make peace. I think President Zelensky will make peace. We'll see if they can get along, and if they can, it'l

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