Trump could meet Putin for Ukraine war talks ‘as soon as next week’
by Shaun Walker in Kyiv and Andrew Roth in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#6Z54W)
Summit with Russian leader would follow great progress' made by special envoy Steve Witkoff during Moscow visit
Donald Trump could meet Vladimir Putin as soon as next week to discuss the war in Ukraine, White House officials have said, although senior aides warned that serious impediments" remain to achieving a ceasefire.
Late on Wednesday, the US president told reporters at the White House, when asked when he would meet the leaders of Ukraine and Russia: There's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon." Trump said there had been no specific breakthrough leading to talk of a meeting but that US officials had been working on it for a long time".
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