Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have and will continue to confer with their respective allies to ensure they’re prepared for the result of Putin’s summit with President Donald Trump.

Trump has said he has wanted to see Russia’s war in Ukraine end since before he was inaugurated president, and his efforts have not yet worked, but his Friday meeting in Anchorage, Alaska — his first face-to-face with Putin since being reelected — could be his best chance to make progress on the objective that has eluded him thus far.