Trump has long boasted that he’s gotten along well with Putin, even praising him as “pretty smart” for invading Ukraine. But now he wants a cease-fire.

President Trump says he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end his war on Ukraine, but will use a Friday summit to "feel out" his counterpart.

Trump is eyeing his Nobel moment, as Putin pushes for land. For Ukraine, there’s a strong whiff of Munich 1938 about the summit