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Donald Trump earlier in the day spoke to US President Putin and agreed to start Ukraine peace talks immediately.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump are pictured before a meeting in Helsinki. (IMAGE: AFP)
US President Donald Trump said he will hold a first meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia as he pushes for an end to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We’ll meet in Saudi Arabia,” Trump told reporters at the White House, hours after he said the two leaders had spoken by telephone and agreed to immediately start Ukraine peace talks — an extraordinary thaw in relations that could leave Kyiv out in the cold.
Trump predicted a ceasefire in Ukraine in the “not too distant future,” adding Wednesday that the country — which is fighting off a Russian invasion — needs fresh elections “at some point.”
Trump was speaking to reporters at the White House hours after revealing that he had spoken to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and that the two had agreed to immediately start Ukraine peace talks, sparking concerns Kyiv and President Volodymyr Zelensky could be frozen out of the process.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)
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