Donald Trump claimed that he would know “in the first two minutes” of his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Putin if a peace deal could be reached between Russia and Ukraine.

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.

Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted, Keir Starmer has warned Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with the Russian president on Friday. The United States President said on Monday he would be telling his Russian counterpart “you gotta end this war [in Ukraine]” during the crunch negotiations on Friday.