President Donald Trump Wednesday held tense talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders ahead of his crucial Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin on Friday. With nerves running high, Zelenskyy said the talks went well and Trump agreed that he hoped the summit with the Russian leader could lead to an immediate ceasefire.

By Thomas Escritt, Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth BERLIN/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and its European allies on Wednesday signalled hope that U.S. President Donald Trump would push for a ceasefire at talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin without selling out Ukraine's interests or proposing to carve up its territory.