“ US President Donald Trump, after a telephone conversation with the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, announced a bilateral meeting in the capital of Hungary. Source: Trump on his Truth Social social network. Details: The American president expressed the hope that “success in the Middle East will help us in negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.” He added that he spoke with the master of the Kremlin about US First Lady Melania Trump’s efforts to return Ukrainian children, as well as “trade between Russia and the United States after the end of the war with Ukraine.” “At the end of the conversation, we agreed that a meeting of our high-level advisers will take place next week. The first meetings from the United States will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with other officials who will be appointed later. The location of the meeting has not yet been determined,” Trump wrote. In turn, according to the US president, he will meet with Putin in “an agreed place – Budapest, Hungary, to discuss the possibility of ending the “inglorious” war between Russia and Ukraine.” “President Zelenskyi and I will meet tomorrow in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with Putin and much more. I believe that today’s phone conversation made significant progress,” Trump concluded. It will be recalled that this is the first conversation between Trump and Putin in the last two months – after August 18, when a number of European leaders came to the White House following the results of the summit in Alaska. A few days ago, Trump thanked Putin in a post after he praised his peacemaking efforts in a speech. As you know, the next day, October 17, Trump is scheduled to meet with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi. One of the key topics at it will be the issue of the possible supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
The meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska on August 15, 2025. Photo: getty images Source: Trump on his social network Truth Social
Details: At the end of the conversation, the American president expressed hope that “success in the Middle East will help us in negotiations to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.”
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He added that he spoke with the master of the Kremlin about US First Lady Melania Trump’s efforts to return Ukrainian children, as well as “trade between Russia and the United States after the end of the war with Ukraine.”
“At the end of the conversation, we agreed that a meeting of our high-level advisers will take place next week. The first meetings from the United States will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, along with other officials who will be appointed later. The location of the meeting has not yet been determined,” Trump wrote.
In turn, according to the US president, he will meet with Putin in “an agreed place – Budapest, Hungary, to discuss the possibility of ending the “inglorious” war between Russia and Ukraine.”
“President Zelenskyi and I will meet tomorrow in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with Putin and much more. I believe that today’s phone conversation made significant progress,” Trump concluded.
It will be recalled that this is the first conversation between Trump and Putin in the last two months – after August 18, when a number of European leaders came to the White House following the results of the summit in Alaska.
A few days ago, Trump thanked Putin in a post after he praised his peacemaking efforts in a speech.
As you know, the next day, October 17, Trump is scheduled to meet with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi. One of the key topics at it will be the issue of the possible supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.