If the meeting goes ahead as President Trump described, it will be the first in-person summit between an American and Russian president in more than four years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that his goals for a US-Russian summit on the war in his country are for Russia to stop killing Ukrainians and agree to a ceasefire. "The priorities are absolutely clear.

The New York Times reported that Trump told European leaders during a call on Wednesday that he intended to meet with Putin and then follow up with a trilateral involving the Russian leader and Mr Zelensky. “There’s a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon,” Trump told reporters.