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Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump seeks urgent meeting with Putin, Rubio says
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that President Donald Trump is eager to meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin as soon as possible to address Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Source: Rubio in an interview with CBS News, as reported by European Pravda Details: Rubio expressed his belief that a personal meeting between Trump and Putin is the only way to progress negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. He noted that Trump has publicly proposed such a meeting. "The mechanics of setting that kind of meeting up would require a little bit of work, so I can't say that's being planned as we speak in terms of picking a site and a date. But the president wants to do it. He wants to do it as soon as feasible," Rubio said. Background: US President Donald Trump said on Friday 16 May that he "may" call Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss ending Russia's war in Ukraine. Trump also believes that Putin is tired of the war and insists that a peace agreement requires his direct involvement. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Trump hints at meeting Putin to ‘make a deal' on Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump predicted he would probably meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin, suggesting that he saw a potential face-to-face encounter as the only way to broker an end to the war in Ukraine. 'I think we'll make a deal. We have to get together and I think we'll probably schedule it because I'm tired of having other people go and meet and everything else,' Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Friday evening. The interview was recorded while Trump was in the Middle East and broadcast as he was returning to Washington from a tour that took him to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Earlier in the day, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he 'may' call Putin to get peace talks on track 'as soon as we can set it up'. Ukraine Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya (left), flanked by Ukraine's top negotiator and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, speaks to journalists after a meeting with the Russian delegates in Istanbul on Friday. Photo: AFP
CNN
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CNN
A timeline of the Trump administration's evolving approach Russia-Ukraine peace talks
President Donald Trump has taken an intense personal interest in ending the war between Ukraine and Russia, recently suggesting that 'nothing' will happen until he has an official meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump and his administration's views on the negotiations have evolved over time. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned about a month ago that the United States could walk away from mediation efforts between the warring nations if progress were not made within 'days.' Now, Trump appears to be publicly pressing for the one-on-one with Putin and implying he's the only one who can bring the conflict to an end, after months of stalled peace talks. Trump has personally oscillated between criticizing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he 'has no cards' after a highly contentious Oval Office meeting in February, and taking Putin to task, demanding that he 'STOP' the attacks and suggesting the Russian leader is 'tapping me along.' Lately, it seems Trump's patience with Putin is waning, as the Russian president blew off the chance to meet directly with Zelensky in Turkey — a face-to-face meeting Putin suggested. The Ukrainian and Russian delegations agreed to a prisoner swap on Friday in Istanbul, but a larger peace deal, which Trump once said he could get on Day One of his second presidential term, remains elusive. Here's a look at how we got here:
Sky News
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News
Don't get your hopes up of Ukraine peace talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin anytime soon
The Kremlin's response to Donald Trump's comments regarding a possible meeting with Vladimir Putin can be summed up in two words: "Yes, but…". Spokesman Dmitry Peskov was typically non-committal on his daily conference call with journalists, talking up the importance of a summit between the leaders while simultaneously playing down expectations that it will happen any time soon. He described such a meeting as "essential" and "necessary". He even said it was "hard to overestimate" the importance of it - deploying the kind of flattery we've got used to hearing from Moscow when it knows America is listening. 1:08 But Mr Peskov also said, practically in the same breath, that a meeting required "advance preparation", which can be "lengthy". In short, don't get your hopes up… Ukraine war latest: Russia-Ukraine talks under way The prospect of a bilateral meeting has been talked about since Trump came into office, with both sides repeatedly saying that preparations were under way. That talk has dropped off somewhat in the past few weeks, since Washington's stance in the peace negotiations has appeared to shift in favour of Ukraine. But now, Trump is casting a one-on-one with Putin as the keystone to peace. There will be no movement towards peace without it, he said on Thursday. It's exactly the position Moscow craves - carving up Ukraine without Kyiv at the table. So if that's the context, I'm sure Vladimir Putin will want to sit down with the US president. But for now, it seems, it will be at a time of his choosing.
Washington Post
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
After Putin is a no-show at talks in Turkey, Trump says he'll meet the Russian leader soon
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump said Friday he's moving to set up direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as he can, after Putin opted to skip peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey. 'I think it's time for us to just do it,' Trump told reporters as he wrapped a four-day visit to the Middle East. Trump later told reporters after boarding Air Force One to begin the journey back to Washington that he may call Putin soon. 'He and I will meet, and I think we'll solve it or maybe not,' Trump said. 'At least we'll know. And if we don't solve it, it'll be very interesting.' Trump reiterated that he wasn't surprised that Putin skipped out on the talks set for Friday in Turkey. Putin didn't want to go because he's not there, Trump said. The Republican president added that he would hold a meeting with Putin 'as soon as we can set it up.' 'I would actually leave here and go,' said Trump, who noted his daughter Tiffany just gave birth to her first child. 'I do want to see my beautiful grandson.' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to take part in the talks as Trump pressed for the leaders to find a solution to the war, ongoing since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine . But Putin spurned the call to meet face-to-face with Zelenskyy. Trump has pressed both sides to quickly come to a war-ending agreement. Zelenskyy has agreed to an American plan for an initial 30-day halt to hostilities, but Russia has not signed on and has continued to strike at targets inside Ukraine. Still, Russia and Ukraine were holding their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for negotiations. Officials and observers expect them to yield little immediate progress on stopping the more than 3-year-old war . 'He didn't go, and I understand that,' Trump said. 'We're going to get it done. We got to get it done. Five thousand young people are being killed every single week on average, and we're going to get it done.' Trump on Thursday told reporters that a meeting between himself and Putin was crucial to breaking the deadlock. 'I don't believe anything's going to happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I get together,' Trump said. 'But we're going to have to get it solved because too many people are dying.'
