The Kremlin had previously said that the Trump-Putin-Zelensky meeting was planned to take place in the UAE in November. (AFP pic)WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky would be set up "very soon."
The announcement came as Trump's administration ramps up diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year.
"There'll be a meeting set up very soon, and I think a lot of progress could be made," Trump told reporters.
Zelensky said on Sunday that a trilateral meeting between Kyiv, Washington and Moscow would take place in November, aiming to restart stalled peace talks.
