Putin: Partner or Adversary? – US Expert Analyzes the Outlook for the Alaska Summit

President Trump is preparing to meet with Russian President Putin in Alaska this Friday, marking the first time an American president has invited the Russian president for a private talk on US soil since 2007. As the summit approaches, Washington and Moscow have significant disagreements on acceptable terms for future peace agreements. However, many hope this meeting could be a step towards ending the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky was not invited to the summit and had previously declared he would not agree to any deals involving the cession of Ukrainian territory to Russia.