After famously vowing to end the war within a single day, Trump is rolling the dice on a high-stakes face-to-face summit meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska that he hopes can

A diplomatic scramble unfolded Saturday after President Donald Trump announced he would meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, next week in Alaska, as European leaders rushed to understand the terms of the meeting and ensure Ukraine was not being left out of discussions about its future.

Russian forces moved at least six miles deeper into the Donetsk region in a move that appeared designed to pressure Kyiv