U krainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday said he told President Donald Trump and European leaders that Russia's Vladimir Putin is "bluffing" on pursuing peace as preparations for Friday's U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska continue.

European leaders wrung key assurances from Trump ahead of his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin, including a U.S. push for a Ukraine ceasefire and a pledge that only Kyiv will negotiate territorial issues.

In an ironic twist, President Donald Trump is set to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union