Trump Plans Putin Meeting Next Week, NYT Says

Donald Trump has told several European leaders that he plans to hold a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as early as next week, according to a New York Times report citing people briefed on the conversations. The former U.S. president also indicated that after the Putin talks he intends to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a three-way discussion, the newspaper said. Trump’s comments reportedly came shortly after a meeting in Russia with developer Steven Witkoff, which he referenced as a prelude to the prospective summits. Neither Trump’s office nor the Kremlin had an immediate public response to the report. Details on the proposed locations, agendas or whether the Ukrainian side has agreed to participate were not disclosed.