The Kremlin said on Thursday that a summit between U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Ukraine was set for the “coming days” as U.S.-led efforts to broker peace rumble on.
The Russian president named the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a potential location for the summit with Trump, but essentially ruled out a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Trump-Putin summit would be the first sitting between U.S. and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021.
“Both sides showed interest” in the Russia-U.S. leaders meeting, Putin told reporters on Thursday.
Earlier on Thursday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said that the plan to hold a bilateral summit was “at the suggestion of the American side.”
“Next week has been set as a target date,” said Ushakov, adding that both sides have already agreed on the venue “in principle,” without mentioning it.
