As President Trump touched down in Anchorage on Friday to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia over the war in Ukraine, that country’s leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, criticized continuing Russian strikes as a sign that Moscow was not prepared to end the conflict.

Ahead of the meeting between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was counting on American strength to end the war. "We count on a strong American position,

Volodymyr Zelensky said in a new interview that he believes Vladimir Putin will significantly "benefit" from his meeting with Trump.