– As President Trump said today, during the meeting of the special envoy Witkoff with President Putin, great progress was made. The Russians expressed their desire to meet with President Trump, and the president is open to meetings with both President Putin and President Zelnski. President Trump wants to end this brutal war – the Leavitt statement is cited, among others by Fox News.
According to Peter Doocy's reporter, potential meeting places at the summit that could occur Next week, e.g. in Switzerland or the Middle East. However, Docycy reserved that Trump only wants to meet if the meeting was to lead to the end of the war. The reporter estimated that ultimately the summit may not reach.
Media: First meeting of Trump and Putin, then also with Zelanski
These reports were also confirmed by CNN; According to the sources of this station, The plan first assumes Trump's meeting with Putin, and then the peak with the participation of three leaders. One of the CNN interlocutors, however, stipulated that due to logistics and the need for additional negotiations, the meeting next week could be difficult to prepare.
Despite these plans, a representative of the White House informed earlier that Trump is still intending impose secondary sanctions For you buying Russian oil.
As the New York Times previously reported, Trump was to reveal the plans of meeting with the Russian leader in an interview with European leaders. Only Trump, Putin and Zelnski would participate in the meetings, There are no other leaders' participation. One of the newspaper's interlocutors, familiar with the course of the conversation, noted that Europeans seemed to accept the Trump's plan.
Trump expresses the desire to meet. It is not known what Putin with Zełnski said
It is not known if Putin or Zelanski agreed to the idea of the American leader. However, Zelanski took part in Trump's Wednesday conversation with European leaders. After the conversation, Zelanski stated that the war must end and its endings must be honest. He also stated that the pressure on Russia works and Russia is closer to the acceptance of the arms suspension.
According to the daily, the Prime Minister of Great Britain also participated in the conversation Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz 1st Secretary of NATO Mark Rutte. According to the AFP agency, which refers to Ukrainian sources, the President of Finland also participated in the Wednesday conversation Alexander Stubb.
On the American side, they took part in it – in addition to Trump – vice president JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, who visits Moscow.
Trump said that Witkoff's meeting with Putin was very productive and brought great progress. He informed that he had given the latest information to European allies. “Everyone agrees that this war must end and we will work on it in the coming days and weeks,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social portal.
