The UK PM says there is a "viable chance" of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine ahead of Friday's US-Russia summit in Alaska.

Britain sought to keep Europe in the loop ahead of a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine with a highly publicized meeting between Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky.

In a show of unity, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine hugged Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain the day President Trump was to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska.