One key party who will not be in attendance Friday at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump said Thursday he hopes the summit will lead to a second meeting that would include Zelenskyy.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are talking face-to-face to discuss what it would take to end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not be present.