On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced that his expected meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia “could be very soon.” Trump told reporters, “It could be very soon. It’ll be soon,” while discussing the potential meeting. He expressed that Putin desires to end the Russia-Ukraine war, stating, “I think he wants to stop fighting. I see that. We spoke long and hard.”
Trump also noted that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shares a similar desire to end the conflict, adding, “We’re moving along. We’re trying to get a peace with Russia-Ukraine, and we’re working very hard on it. It’s a war that should have never started.”
Earlier, on February 12, Trump had separate phone calls with both Putin and Zelenskyy as part of his efforts to mediate an end to the ongoing war.
