U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would seek a three-way meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin immediately after his Alaska summit with the Russian leader aimed at ending the three-year war in Ukraine.
Mr. Trump spoke after what he described as a "very good" call with European leaders, including Mr. Zelensky -- even as Russian forces made their biggest advance into the Ukrainian president's country in more than a year.
"If the first one goes okay, we'll have a quick second one," Mr. Trump told reporters as he was questioned about the face-to-face in the Alaskan city of Anchorage with his Russian counterpart, set for Friday.
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"I would like to do it almost immediately, and we'll have a quick second meeting between President Putin and President Zelensky and myself, if they'd like to have me there."
