TRUMP VLAD THREAT

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

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN and SOPHIE HUSKISSON

The US president issued the threat as Volodymyr Zelensky warned him that the Russian despot is "bluffing" about his willingness to end the bloodshed.

Concerns in Kyiv and across Europe have risen ahead of a highly anticipated one-on-one summit in Alaska tomorrow between Trump and Putin.

Zelensky and European heads of state fear the two leaders could attempt to dictate the terms of peace in the three-and-a-half-year conflict.

Yesterday, Trump was directly asked what would be the outcome if Putin refused to stop the killing.

He replied that there would be very severe consequences.

When asked what the "consequences" would be, he replied: "I don't have to say."

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

It came just hours after Zelensky told Trump the Russian leader was lying about wanting to end the three-and-a-half years of fighting.

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

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