The US president will speak to Ukraine's leader in a call on Wednesday, two days before "one-to-one" talks with Putin.

President Donald Trump has often bragged about his warm relationship with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But in the months leading up to the leaders’ first meeting in six years, Trump began asking Europeans and White House aides what’s changed about his counterpart.

It will mark the first time the two leaders will meet in person since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Here’s how their other meetings went.