This weekend, a secluded Swiss resort above Lake Lucerne will be transformed as dozens of world leaders and thousands of soldiers and police descend on Bürgenstock.
More than 90 countries and global institutions are attending the event, which aims to discuss basic principles for ending the conflict in Ukraine.
The Swiss hope that the Ukraine summit might produce the first tentative sketch marks for a peace process, some 28 months after Russia invaded its neighbour.
It is the biggest gathering for Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.
