Trump has touted Friday's summit in Alaska as a chance to get a breakthrough but Zelensky's likely absence from the talks and repeated rejection there can be any land swaps have added to doubts that any genuine diplomatic progress can be made.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing for "new offensive operations."

President Trump’s Friday meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may be the most-watched Washington-Moscow summit in decades — but don’t expect any major decisions to be made.