6:20 pm> Zelensky accuses Russia of continuing to “kill” in Ukraine before the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Russia continued to “kill” in Ukraine before the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, who must evoke the war triggered by the Russian invasion of the country in 2022.
In his daily address to the nation, Mr. Zelensky assured that despite this meeting, there was “no signal” showing that Moscow intended to stop his invasion. “They also continue to kill the day of negotiations” between MM. Trump and Putin, he said, judging that it said a lot.
5:31 pm> Negotiations could last “at least 6 to 7 am”, according to the Kremlin
The Kremlin estimated on Friday that the meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska, in order to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, could last a total of “at least 6 to 7 am”, counting their meeting and a common press conference.
“Overall, we can imagine that it will take at least 6 to 7 hours,” the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitri Peskov said, explaining that the leaders would meet on their head to face, before wider negotiations between their delegations and a common press conference.
5:15 p.m.> Trump spoke to President Bélarusse Loukachenko, ally of Putin, before the summit
Donald Trump spoke on Friday by phone on Friday by phone, Bélarusian leader Alexandre Loukachenko, a faithful ally of Vladimir Putin, reported Minsk and Washington, before a highly anticipated summit between the American and Russian presidents in Alaska. The Bélarus, ex-Soviet border republic of Ukraine, supports the Russian invasion and allowed Moscow to use its territory to attack it on a large scale in February 2022.
MM. Trump and Loukachenko discussed “bilateral questions, regional subjects and situations in sensitive areas, including Ukraine,” said Telegram Poul Pervogo account, affiliated with the press service of the Bélarusian presidency.
4:06 pm> Trump will welcome Putin when he got out of the plane in Alaska
US President Donald Trump will welcome his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, when he left Alaska on Friday in Alaska, the Kremlin announced.
“At 11:00 am precise (7:00 pm GMT), the president (Putin, editor’s note) must land, and President Trump will welcome him” on the Tarmac, said the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, to the official Russian agencies before Mr. Putin’s departure for Alaska.
3:23 pm> Ukraine “counts” on Trump to convince Russia to end war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday “counting” on Donald Trump to put the war in Ukraine, a few hours before a capital summit in Alaska.
“It is time to end the war, and Russia must take the necessary measures. We are counting on the United States, “he added in a publication on the social network X.
2:55 pm> Donald Trump highlights mutual “respect” between him and Putin
Donald Trump praised Friday the mutual “respect” existing between him and Vladimir Putin, on the way to Alaska where he will meet his Russian counterpart at a summit centered on the war in Ukraine.
“He is an intelligent man. He has been doing this for a long time, but I too (…) We are presidents. We get along well, “the American president told journalists on Air Force One.
2:17 pm> Donald Trump embarks on board Air Force One towards Alaska
The Reuters news agency indicates that Donald Trump is on Air Force One, the presidential plane, towards Alaska. He did not wish to give a comment to the journalists present before takeoff.
However, he published a message on the Social Truth platform. “Big issues,” he wrote.
1:23 pm> Russia is “no prediction” on the outcome of the summit (Lavrov)
Russian diplomacy chief Serguei Lavrov, refused on Friday at the slightest prediction as to the outcome of the summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska.
“We do not do any prediction,” he said when he arrived in Anchorage, wearing a sweatshirt sporting what seems to be the “USSR” inscription in Russian. “We know that we have our arguments and our position is clear and unambiguous. We will present it, ”he added.
