World markets are watching closely as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska later on Friday to seal a possible ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

"Peace in their hands" echoes the Times' headline. The paper says the pair's meeting is the first between American and Russian leaders on US soil for a decade. The Times also describes Putin choosing to ride in Trump's armoured vehicle - dubbed the Beast - so that they could "share private words" without aides or translators.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not negotiate on behalf of Ukraine in his Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and would let Kyiv decide whether to engage in territorial swaps with Russia.

UK Defence Secretary John Healey has said that his government is "ready to put UK boots on the ground" in Ukraine if a ceasefire is achieved. Source: Financial Times, as reported by European Pravda Details: While US President Donald Trump is heading to a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska,

Trump said that Putin accepted that any peace would need to include the presence of Western troops in Ukraine as a way of ensuring its durability.