None of that matters to President Donald Trump, who announced Friday night that he would meet the globally shunned leader this Friday in Alaska. What does matter to Trump is that he may be able to stop the bloodshed in Ukraine, the worst European conflict since World War II, fulfilling one of his biggest campaign promises.

President Donald Trump is open to holding a trilateral summit in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a White House official said on Saturday.

Next week, US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a historic meeting that could mark the start of ending the war in Ukraine — but the terms of future peace raise many questions. RBC-Ukraine has compiled everything known about the upcoming summit.