Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to meet with Donald Trump, a Kremlin aide said, as the American president scrambles to make good on his long-overdue promise to end the war in Ukraine.
Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, said the agreement was for a meeting “in the coming days” and could take place as soon as next week. Trump, who promised to end Putin’s war in “24 hours“ of returning to office, has spent the first seven months of his second term unsuccessfully attempting to sway the Russian leader with both shifting threats and public pronouncements of trust in him.
A White House official told the Associated Press that no location has yet been determined for the meeting, and that Washington is still expected to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday in accordance with the deadline Trump set. Trump gave Putin an ultimatum to accept a ceasefire in Ukraine by then, or face new penalties.
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