President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018.

Donald Trump has announced that he will be meeting Vladimir Putin in the American state of Alaska on Friday to discuss ending the Ukraine war.

It could be pivotal moment in the conflict, even though no one from Europe – including Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy – is thought to be invited to the talks.

This has sparked major concerns that Trump will prioritise Putin’s demands to end the war over Ukraine’s.

The US president has already said there may be a land swap in exchange for peace, evidently overlooking how Russia started the war and occupies 20% of Ukraine.

While the talks themselves will have given the Kremlin........

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