"I'm going to meet with Putin on Friday. I'm going to Russia."

This was stated by US President Donald Trump at a press conference at the White House, although their meeting will take place on American soil - in Alaska.

Trump expects to have a "constructive conversation" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"I'm going to talk to Vladimir Putin and I'm going to tell him: 'You have to end this war,'" he said, expressing dissatisfaction with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his refusal to consider territorial concessions to Russia. | BGNES