I want to see a ceasefire rapidly.
I don't know if it's going to be today, but I'm not going to be happy if it's not today.
High stakes in the last frontier.
Presidents Trump and Putin meet about Ukraine.
I'm Scott Simon.
And I'm Aisha Roscoe.
It's Up First from NPR News.
We haven't quite gotten there, but we've made some headway.
Sorry, should have said spoiler alert.
But we have NPR correspondents in Kiev and Moscow.
Pouring over what we know about the meeting in Anchorage and what may come next.
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