Trump heads to 'high stakes' Alaska summit with Putin on Ukraine

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his European allies fear Trump might sell Kyiv out and try to force it into territorial concessions

President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Donald Trump headed to Alaska on Friday for what he called a "high stakes" summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin to discuss a ceasefire deal for Ukraine to help end the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was not invited to the talks, and his European allies fear Trump might sell out Ukraine by essentially freezing the conflict and recognising - if only informally - Russian control over one fifth of Ukraine.