Britain sought to keep Europe in the loop ahead of a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine with a highly publicized meeting between Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump and Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday afternoon to discuss an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine, which began more than three years ago. The pair announced “great progress” had been made, but they still did not reach any kind of plan to end the war.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, co-chairs of the coalition, will be included in the virtual meeting.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to meet in Washington on Monday. It will mark the first time President Zelensky will set foot on US soil since their last Oval Office meeting descended into an extraordinary row over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The one-day summit left little to show for Trump as there appeared to be no breakthrough with Russia on a ceasefire deal in the over three-year war.

President Trump proclaimed Friday he and Russian President Vladimir Putin made “great progress” toward ending Moscow’s war on Ukraine after meeting for nearly three hours in

Trump aims for a summit with Putin and Zelensky as early as August 22, following meetings with European leaders

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