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(NewsNation) — Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin person agreed to a gathering to sermon Russia's warfare successful Ukraine "in the coming days," a Kremlin authoritative confirmed Thursday.
The leaders could conscionable arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week. The White House besides teased a meeting connected a akin timeline, but nary details person been announced.
“At the proposition of the American side, it has been agreed successful rule to clasp a bilateral gathering astatine the highest level successful the coming days," Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s overseas affairs adviser, told reporters, according to the Associated Press.
Trump has besides expressed involvement successful gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and has said there's a "good" accidental helium could conscionable with some leaders unneurotic successful a summit, the New York Times reported. Trump and Zelenskyy spoke implicit the telephone earlier this week.
Trump’s peculiar envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin connected Wednesday and gave “concrete examples” for Russia to travel to a peace woody with Ukraine, according to U.S. officials.
Moscow faces a Friday deadline to marque advancement connected a ceasefire, oregon look economical sanctions. Thursday saw Trump moving the archetypal portion connected the committee — raising tariffs connected 1 of Russia’s main trade partners, India, for their purchases of Russian oil.
Trump and Putin's in-person gathering would beryllium the archetypal betwixt sitting presidents of Russia and the U.S. since Joe Biden met with Putin successful 2021, months earlier Russia archetypal launched attacks against Ukraine.
