Trump and Putin Likely to Discuss Ukraine This Week

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are likely to hold discussions this week, officials confirmed on Sunday, amid international efforts to bring an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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The United States recently put forward a ceasefire proposal following talks in Saudi Arabia, a move that Ukraine has accepted. However, Putin has yet to provide a definitive response, instead outlining several conditions and raising concerns over the proposal.

Trump's envoy for the conflict, Steve Witkoff, who met with Putin for several hours in recent days, expressed optimism about the upcoming talks. "I think the two presidents are going to have a really good and positive discussion this week," Witkoff told CNN.

Meanwhile, Russia's foreign ministry stated that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to discuss "concrete aspects of theimplementation of understandings” reached during last month’s US-Russia summit in Saudi Arabia.