Donald Trump told allies that he planned to meet Vladimir Putin next week, followed by a three-way meeting that would include Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, as hopes grew of an end to the conflict that has raged across Europe for the past three years.

President Donald Trump plans to meet face to face with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky together "as early as next week." White House sources said the President plans to meet with the Russian President then his Ukranian counterpart shortly after,

In a social media post, Donald Trump said that there had been “great progress made” in the meeting between Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin.