President Donald Trump intends to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in person as early as next week, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the plan. It would be the leaders’ first face-to-face encounter of Trump’s second term and comes amid renewed U.S. efforts to curb the war in Ukraine. According to the report, Trump told European leaders on a conference call Wednesday that he would follow the bilateral session with a three-way meeting that would also include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. European officials would not take part in either discussion, the sources said. The outreach follows a three-hour meeting in Moscow earlier Wednesday between Trump’s special envoy, real-estate executive Steve Witkoff, and Putin, which Russian state media described as “constructive.” Their talks focused on the conflict in Ukraine and on potential new U.S. economic measures expected to be announced later this week, the outlets said. The White House, the Kremlin and the Ukrainian presidency have not publicly confirmed the timetable. If held, the meetings would represent the administration’s most direct diplomatic push to date to broker a cease-fire in the 30-month-old war.