Trump raised the possibility of Zelensky attending the Alaska talks

US President Trump suggested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could go to Alaska and hold trilateral talks together after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Washington Post reported that Trump said in a radio interview on Thursday (August 14) that continuing the US-Russia-Ukraine talks in Alaska after his meeting with Putin was "the most convenient arrangement".

But Trump also warned that his talks with Putin might not go smoothly - he estimated that the probability of the talks failing was 25%. If the two sides fail to reach an agreement, he will return to Washington immediately.

Top Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that if Trump fails to make progress on the Russia-Ukraine war, lawmakers from both parties are expected to increase pressure on the Trump administration to impose harshest sanctions on Moscow.

New Hampshire Senator Sahin told reporters on Thursday: "We will take what the White House and the president have said for the time being, but after he has drawn red lines, if this summit fails to achieve anything, concerns will intensify and the pressure to take action will increase."

NBC, citing sources, reported that Trump said at the meeting that the goal of the Alaska meeting was to ensure a ceasefire in Ukraine and that he had no intention of discussing any possible territorial demarcation issues with Putin.

Russian President's assistant Ushakov said that the US-Russia summit is scheduled to be held at 11:30 a.m. Alaska Time on Friday (15th) (3:30 a.m. in Singapore on Saturday). Putin and Trump will first have one-on-one conversations accompanied by translators, and the delegations of both sides will then join the talks. Putin and Trump will hold a joint press conference after the meeting.