00:00The Kremlin says the timing of a potential summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:05and U.S. President Donald Trump remains unclear, with no dates confirmed.
00:11The comments follow a CNN report that a planned preparatory meeting between U.S. Secretary of State
00:17Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had been put on hold.
00:24The session expected this week was seen as a key step toward organizing the meeting.
00:28Hungary has offered to host a summit in Budapest, but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
00:36the summit cannot be postponed because no dates have been finalized.
00:41He added that neither Putin nor Trump have confirmed the schedule, and serious preparation is still needed.
00:49Trump, who has previously claimed he could settle the Ukraine war in a matter of hours,
00:54has expressed frustration with both Moscow and Kyiv over the failure to broker peace.
01:01Putin, meanwhile, has rejected multiple calls for a ceasefire and stuck to a list of hotline demands that Ukraine considers unacceptable.
01:11European leaders, including officials from Britain, France and the European Union,
01:18issued a joint statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump's call for a ceasefire along current battle lines.
01:26The plan would leave Moscow in control of large areas of occupied territory,
01:31though Trump said the two sides could work out the details in future discussions.
01:35Trump made the proposal after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Oct. 17.
01:43European leaders and Zelensky are set to continue discussions later this week,
01:48focusing on coordinating support for Kyiv.
01:50Thank you very much for joining Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on the White House on the White House on the White House.
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