US President Donald Trump said he has begun arranging a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The venue and date have not yet been set, but Trump called the initiative “a very good, early step” toward ending the nearly four-year-old war. Trump posted on Truth Social that he phoned Putin immediately after hosting Zelensky and a delegation of European leaders at the White House to discuss security guarantees for Kyiv. Once the Putin-Zelensky meeting occurs, Trump said he intends to join both leaders for a subsequent trilateral session. According to the US president, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff will liaise with Moscow and Kyiv on the logistics. European heads of state and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who were in Washington for the earlier talks, signaled support for the peace push, though neither the Kremlin nor Zelensky’s office has publicly confirmed the proposed encounter.