At the end of the conversation, we agreed that our high-level advisors will meet next week. The first US meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (...). The location of the meeting is yet to be determined. President Putin and I will then meet at a mutually agreed upon location in Budapest, Hungary, Trump announced on the Truth Social network.
He announced that they will meet with Putin to see if they can end the war in Ukraine. President Zelensky and I will meet tomorrow in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with Putin and much more. I believe that great progress was made in today's phone call, he wrote.
He also said that Putin congratulated him on his peace efforts in the Middle East."I truly believe that success in the Middle East will help our negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine," Trump added.
The conversation between Trump and Putin took place just a day before the US president's meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, at which the latter is likely to request the supply of Tomahawk missiles.
Trump has grown increasingly dissatisfied with Putin in recent months as he rejects his calls for a ceasefire and continues to step up attacks on targets in Ukraine. He has called on allies to bolster their air defenses and pressure Russia.
