US President Donald Trump announced he will meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, in a summit that appears oriented toward Moscow’s aims.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not been invited; European officials scrambled to pressure Washington to include Zelenskyy, and the US is reportedly considering it.
At the summit, the leaders are expected to discuss a peace plan that would likely require major territorial concessions or “swaps” from Ukraine, something Zelenskyy has rejected.
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If Zelenskyy refuses an agreement Trump backs, Putin could effectively cause the US to walk away from Ukraine, analysts said.
Either outcome could “drive a long-term wedge between the US and Europe,” an expert told The New York Times.
