US EditionKremlin says Rubio and Lavrov to speak in coming days to prepare Putin-Trump summit
Preparations focus on war in Ukraine, U.S. military aid, and postwar economic ties as leaders coordinate ahead of planned Budapest summit.
- On Thursday, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State, and Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, will speak in coming days to prepare a summit between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin.
- Ushakov said during a briefing that the phone call, their eighth this year, was Moscow's initiative and Putin reiterated Russian troops held the strategic initiative along the front line.
- Discussed on the call were a possible U.S. supply of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine requested by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and Ushakov said Putin warned these would harm relations.
- The Kremlin cautioned that summit timing hinges on progress in preparatory work, and Trump said he would consider Putin's remarks before meeting Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President of Ukraine, on Friday.
- Trump proposed Budapest as a summit venue and Putin immediately agreed, and planned Rubio‑Lavrov talks will prepare the agenda in the coming days.
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