"There will be very severe consequences," Trump said if Putin refuses to follow through with some kind of peace agreement.
Trump will travel to Alaska on Friday for a high stakes meeting with Putin, the first since he started his second term in January.
Earlier in the week Trump said he would know in "two minutes" whether Putin is serious about making a deal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is currently not scheduled to attend, but that could change over the next 48 hours.
Trump, Zelensky and a number of European leaders held a meeting Wednesday ahead of the Alaska summit.
"A long, productive, and positive conversation with Donald Trump and European leaders: Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, Alexander Stubb, Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa, Keir Starmer, and Karol Nawrocki, as well as Mark Rutte," Zelensky said after the discussions. "We appreciate President Trump’s leadership and firm determination to end this war as quickly as possible. We discussed key issues that can ensure this and make peace lasting. Thank you all for your engagement and shared perspectives. We coordinated our positions ahead of the meeting in Alaska. And today, it was very important to hear that Ukraine, all of Europe, and the United States are on the same course."
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