LONDON — The Kremlin has confirmed on Thursday morning U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia President Vladimir Putin have agreed to a gathering, although a selected date or location has but to be introduced.
Putin adviser Yuri Ushakov mentioned {that a} “assembly between Putin and Trump (will happen) within the coming days,” including that “work on the summit has now begun.”
Ushakov mentioned that White Home particular envoy Steve Witkoff had raised the thought of a trilateral assembly between Putin, Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy however that the upcoming assembly would solely be between Trump and Putin.
“The venue of the assembly between the presidents of the Russian Federation and the US, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, has been agreed, and the Kremlin will inform about it later,” Ushakov mentioned.
Witkoff met with Putin on Wednesday forward of Trumps’ Friday deadline for Moscow to make peace with Ukraine or face extreme sanctions.
TOPSHOT – (FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) shakes arms with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin forward of a gathering in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin might meet for a summit as early as subsequent week, the Kremlin mentioned on August 7, 2025. The assembly can be the primary between a sitting US and Russian president since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to dealer an finish to Russia’s navy assault on Ukraine.
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Trump, on social media, recommended the assembly between Witkoff and Putin was “extremely productive.”
“Nice progress was made! Afterwards, I up to date a few of our European Allies. Everybody agrees this Struggle should come to an in depth, and we are going to work in the direction of that within the days and weeks to come back,” Trump wrote.
Simply final month, Trump mentioned he would impose further financial measures — together with secondary sanctions on Russian fossil gasoline export prospects, the most important of that are India and China — if Putin did not conform to a ceasefire by Aug. 8.
ABC Information’ David Brennan and Shannon Kingston contributed to this report.
