Trump says he thinks Putin and Zelensky can ‘make peace’ after Alaska summit - live updates

Summary

Donald Trump says there is a "25% chance" his meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday will not be successful
The US president says if he has a "good meeting" with the Russian president, he'll call Ukraine's President Zelensky to arrange a second meeting
A potential second meeting involving Zelensky, he says, would be "more important" - playing down the prospect of a decisive breakthrough on Friday
It comes as the White House says Trump will exhaust all options to end the Ukraine war - here's what we know so far about US-Russia summit in Alaska
Meanwhile, Putin praises Trump's "sincere efforts" to end the conflict - with the Kremlin saying the leaders will hold "one-on-one" talks
Earlier, UK PM Keir Starmer said Putin must "prove he is serious about peace", after meeting Zelensky at Downing Street
The show of solidarity and symbolism was unmistakable, our diplomatic correspondent writes, and caps a week of intense European diplomacy designed to show that Ukraine's allies have its back

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'If it's good, we'll end up getting peace' - Trump on upcoming Alaska meeting with Putin

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Edited by Sam Hancock in London and Caitlin Wilson in Washington DC

Ukraine's allies must force Russia to make peace, Zelensky sayspublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 13 August

Volodymyr Zelesnky has just released a statement, calling for pressure to be "exerted on Russia for the sake of a just peace".
In a post on X, Ukraine's president says: "Ukraine’s and our partners’ experience must be used to prevent deception by Russia."
"At present, there is no sign that the Russians are preparing to end the war," Zelensky says.
He adds that by working together Ukraine, the US, Europe and other allied nations "definitely compel Russia to make peace".
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Watch: What to expect as Zelensky joins European leaders for talks with Trumppublished at 09:25 British Summer Time 13 August

The talks today between European leaders - including Zelensky - and Donald Trump, come ahead of a face-to-face meeting between the US and Russian presidents on Friday.
"That has European leaders concerned," our Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse reports.
"What they are calling for is Ukraine's involvement."
He has more in the clip below.
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What to expect as Zelensky joins European leaders for talks with Trump ahead of Putin summit
White House pitches Trump-Putin meeting as a 'fact-finding' missionpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 13 August

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Trump and Putin at the APEC Summit in Vietnam, 2017
Trump’s call with European leaders and Volodymyr Zelensky today comes just ahead of the US president’s scheduled meeting with President Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Announcing the meeting on his social media site Truth Social last week, Trump called the sit-down "highly anticipated".
The US State Department has since confirmed it was Putin who had initially requested the pair meet, while the White House has said it will be "one-on-one" and will constitute a "fact-finding" exercise for Trump.
Last month, Trump told the BBC he was “disappointed but not done” with Putin.
He had given Putin an 8 August deadline for agreeing an immediate ceasefire – when that date came, however, he announced Friday’s meeting instead.
Zelensky, European leaders and Trump to hold virtual talkspublished at 09:12 British Summer Time 13 August

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You join us as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares for virtual talks with US President Donald Trump and European leaders today.
The call comes two days before Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska to discuss how to end the war in Ukraine.
The White House said the Alaska talks would be a "listening exercise" for Trump and added having him and Putin sit down in the same room would give the US president "the best indication on how to end this war".
Zelensky has previously said any agreements without Kyiv's involvement would amount to "dead decisions".
It’s expected that when Trump speaks to Zelensky and his European allies today, they will attempt to convince him of the need to not be swayed by Putin.
Our teams are poised to bring you the latest updates and analysis throughout the day, so stay with us.