Trump told European leaders during a call yesterday that he intends to sit down with President Vladimir Putin of Russia as soon as next week. He then aims to meet with both Putin and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, according to two people familiar with Trump’s plan.
It was not immediately clear whether Putin or Zelensky had agreed to the joint meeting. Zelensky said in a statement that he had had a conversation with Trump and that he and Europe’s leaders agreed that the war in Ukraine “must end,” but that it must be “an honest end.”
Trump’s announcement came after his envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Putin. Russian news agencies reported that the talks in the Kremlin lasted about three hours.
Trump has been stymied for months in his efforts to negotiate a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine after more than three years of war.
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