Russia controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and wants full control of four eastern and southern regions.

The US president says talks with Putin on Friday will be a "feel-out meeting" aimed at urging Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

US president said he will tell Putin at talks in Alaska on Friday to ‘end this war’ and that a future meeting may include Ukraine’s Zelensky.

The Kremlin is pushing to seize more territory in Donetsk region before Trump-Putin talks on Friday in Alaska.

Kyiv has rejected ceding territory seized by Russia to secure a ceasefire.

Russia controls about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and wants full control of four eastern and southern regions.

Russia already controls a fifth of Ukraine, including about three-quarters of Donetsk province, which it first entered in 2014.