TRUMP VLAD THREAT

DONALD Trump has warned Vladimir Putin he faces severe consequences if he walks away from their Alaska summit without a stop to the war in Ukraine.

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN US Editor and SOPHIE HUSKISSON

Kyiv says the Russian despot is bluffing about his willingness to end the bloodshed.

Keir Starmer said there is a viable chance of a ceasefire.

Concerns in Kyiv and across Europe have risen ahead of the one-to-one summit in Alaska tomorrow between the US President and the Russian leader.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky fears Mr Trump and Mr Putin may try to dictate the terms of peace in the three-year war.

After being asked what would be the outcome if Mr Putin refuses to stop the killing, Mr Trump replied: "Very severe consequences."

When pushed on what these consequences would be, he said: "I don't have to say."

He added: "If I do not get the necessary answers during the meeting with Putin, there will be no next meeting."

It was hours after Zelensky told Trump the Russian leader is lying.

Zelensky said in a joint briefing in Berlin with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz: "I told the US President and all our European colleagues that Putin is bluffing.

"He is trying to apply pressure before the meeting in Alaska along all parts of the Ukrainian front.

"Russia is trying to show that it can occupy all of Ukraine."