US President Donald Trump expressed his optimism on the possibility of peace between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski on Thursday. “Tomorrow we have a meeting with President Putin. I think it will be a good meeting, “Trump told reporters. “But the most important meeting will be the second we are planning.”

“We will have a meeting with President Putin, President Zelenski, me and perhaps some European leaders. Maybe not. We will see, “Trump said.

“I would say tomorrow, all I want to do is prepare the ground for the next meeting, which should take place soon,” the US president said. “If we have a good meeting we will succeed in peace in the near future”he added. He stressed that he would like to see a second meeting between Putin and Zelenski in Alaska.

In the meantime, he rejected the claim that Putin had a diplomatic victory when he agreed to meet him in the US, saying that the Russian president would not put it with him.

Asked about the Reports that US may be willing to sign an agreement with Russia on mineralsIn order to promote the reach of a peace agreement, he replied that “we will see what will happen”, but rejected the claim that this could be interpreted as a “in return” for Putin.

The US president said earlier today in an interview with Fox News Radio that he estimates that the Russian president is coming to their meeting with the intention of reaching an agreement, but admitted, however, that there was “25% chance this meeting is not successful“

Tranp said that the main objective of tomorrow’s session is to prepare the ground for a second meeting with Volodimir Zelenski’s participation in order to reach an agreement, likening it to a “batch of chess”.

“There is a 25% chance that this meeting is not successful, in this case I will return to run the country and we have already made America great again within six months,” he noted.

Trump argued that his threat to imposing new sanctions on Russia “probably played a role” in Putin’s decision to ask for the meeting, while he was confident that Moscow “wants the case to end”.

Donald Trump said the meeting would discuss the exchange of territories and border change, and warned that if no agreement was reached, it would impose sanctions on Russia.

At the same time, US President Donald Trump said it was not certain whether the press conference after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska will be common, but will take place “in any case”.

In an interview with Fox News Radio, he said he would invite Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski for a second meeting, as long as Putin’s talks are going well, while planning communication with European leaders. As he said, there are three possible locations for the new meeting.

Trump noted that he would not call anyone if the meeting turns out to be “bad”, while for the possible financial incentives to Moscow he avoided details, only saying that sanctions and financial measures are “very strong”.