Putin will meet Trump, but will he meet Zelenskyy?
The presidents of the US and Russia have agreed to meet in the "coming days", the Kremlin said, adding that the venue has also been decided. Will the meeting also include Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy, and what does it mean for Trump’s ceasefire deadline for Moscow?
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet, a Kremlin aide said Thursday, confirming previous reports.
00:10A meeting could take place as soon as next week.
00:13The announcement comes after Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow,
00:18and one day before a deadline imposed by Trump for Putin to agree to a ceasefire deal is set to expire.
00:25Neither side confirmed what Witkoff's visit to Moscow entailed, with Trump refusing to call the meeting a breakthrough.
00:32Trump has previously expressed frustration with the Russian leader's inability to agree to even a temporary pause in fighting,
00:38with Russia continuing to strike Ukrainian towns and cities, despite U.S. efforts to seal a truce.
00:44Trump hinted it plans to hold a three-way meeting between himself, Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,
00:51a proposal the Kremlin played down.
00:53Moscow left the option of that meeting without comment, the Kremlin said Thursday.
00:58Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia was more inclined to agree to a truce following Witkoff's visit.
01:05He cautioned that it is important that Russia does not deceive Ukraine or the United States in the details of a potential ceasefire agreement.
