Washington, Aug. 15 -- US President Donald Trump does not plan to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or European leaders ahead of his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday, NBC reported, citing a senior US official.

Although no plans for calls are afoot as of Thursday night, Trump could decide otherwise during the lengthy seven-hour flight from Washington, DC to Anchorage, in Alaska, the news channel reported.

Putin and Trump will meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on the northern outskirts of Anchorage in Alaska on Friday. According to the White House, the meeting will begin at 11:00 a.m. local time (19:00 GMT). The Kremlin announced that the summit would start with a one-on-one conversat...