Sources tell NBC News that the White House is considering inviting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to join President Trump’s high-stakes meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska next Friday. The potential invitation follows Trump’s remarks suggesting a possible territorial exchange between Russia and Ukraine -- an idea Zelenskyy has firmly rejected.

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