Trump says Zelenskyy and Putin will meet "soon"
US President Donald Trump has said that a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is expected to take place soon.
Source: European Pravda, quoting the White House's official Rapid Response account on X (Twitter)
Details: Trump also said there had been "a lot of progress" towards resolving the war in Ukraine.
"We're making a lot of progress with Russia-Ukraine. There'll be a meeting set up very soon," he stated.
Trump was then asked to clarify who would attend the meeting. "President Putin and President Zelenskyy. And I think a lot of progress is being made," he replied. [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]
Background:
- On 27 October, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a phone call with Putin on their own initiative. Stubb described the discussion as "frank and substantive".
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Stubb and Støre had made it clear to Putin that real de-escalatory steps are needed regarding Ukrainian energy and infrastructure.
- Reports in the media said that during the phone call with Stubb and Støre, Putin spent almost the entire conversation discussing the "initial reasons for the conflict" with Ukraine.
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