President Donald Trump said progress had been made in Friday's Alaska summit with the Russian leader, but no deal on peace in Ukraine has been reached.

LONDON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Moscow launched its invasion, as the two leaders prepared for a pivotal U.S.–Russia summit Friday in Alaska.

By Catarina Demony and Olena Harmash LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) -With just one day to go until a U.S.-Russian summit on ending the war in Ukraine, its president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, visited London on Thursday to shore up European support for efforts to prevent any agreement that would carve up Ukrainian land.