'President Trump would love it': White House on potential Putin-Zelenskyy meeting

US President Donald Trump would “love” to spot Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conscionable to sermon ending the warfare successful Ukraine, White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said connected Thursday (local time). “He thinks it’s imaginable and would emotion to spot it happen,” Leavitt told reporters, quality bureau ANI reported. Her comments came soon aft Trump and Putin—who past met successful Alaska connected August 15—held a telephone telephone up of Trump’s scheduled gathering with Zelenskyy astatine the White House connected Friday.Following the call, Trump said helium and Putin volition conscionable again - successful Budapest, Hungary - though helium did not specify a date. He added that high-level advisors from some sides volition clasp preparatory talks adjacent week, suggesting the acme could instrumentality spot soon.

Trump noted that the US delegation volition beryllium led by caput of authorities Marco Rubio.During Friday’s meeting, Zelenskyy is expected to propulsion for the proviso of Tomahawk missiles and different long-range U.S. weapons susceptible of striking targets wrong Russia. The warfare successful Ukraine began successful February 2022. Russia continues to notation to it arsenic a “special subject operation."