President Donald Trump ‘s face-to-face high-stakes summit with President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could determine the fate of European security as well as the trajectory of the war in Ukraine. The exclusion of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy already deals a heavy blow to the West’s policy of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.”

President Donald Trump joined Russian President Vladimir Putin for a joint press conference in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday evening, telling reporters there was no peace deal made regarding Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.