A top between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Trump could happen as soon as next week.
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President Donald Trump is expected to meet the Russian Vladimir Putin personally, possibly next week. (Getty Images)
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The top could eventually still fall apart, because the Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zenskyy informed officials about the conditions of the Ukrainian constitution that require a national referendum for any territorial concessions.
US President Donald Trump (C) and Vice President JD Vance meet the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in the White House on February 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
A meeting between Putin and Trump would be their first since Trump returned to the office this year. It would be an important milestone in the 3-year war, although there is no promise that would lead to such a meeting to the end of the fighting, because Russia and Ukraine remain far apart for their demands.
Trump, who later appeared for reporters in the White House, did not answer any questions about a potential location for a meeting, but when he was asked about a top with Putin and Zenskyy, said: “There is a very good prospect that they will” meet.
In this polar photo spread by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin is chairman of a meeting of the Security Council via video conference in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 28, 2025. (Sergei Ilyin/Pool/AFP via Getty images)
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The president refused to predict how close he was to reach a deal to put an end to the fighting and said, “I was previously disappointed with this one.”
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
