Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine.

Earlier Thursday, when pushing back on Kremlin claims that a Trump-Putin summit had been set, a White House official had said Putin would also have to meet with Zelenskyy for the meeting to take place -- something the Kremlin has not been willing to commit to so far.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are set to meet for a summit in Alaska next Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine - but it has not yet been officially confirmed if Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be invited