The Kremlin said on Thursday that a meeting in the coming days between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump has been agreed on, as a new Gallup poll found that Ukrainians are increasingly eager for a settlement that ends the fight against Russia’s invasion.

Donald Trump has said he is open to meeting Vladimir Putin without Volodymyr Zelensky, abandoning an earlier pledge that he would only engage in three-way peace talks.

President Donald Trump said he’d be willing to meet with Vladimir Putin, even if the Russian leader hadn’t yet agreed to also sit down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.The signal from Trump suggested an increased willingness to grant the Kremlin’s request for a one-on-one meeting.