European leaders and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy will speak to U.S. President Donald Trump this week ahead of his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, amid fears Washington may dictate unfavourable peace terms to Ukraine.

The upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and his counterpart Vladimir Putin is being used by the Kremlin to divide the U.S. from Europe over the war in Ukraine, according to analysis.

European leaders have been vocal about their concerns that Kyiv and Europe will be excluded from negotiations at the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska on Friday.