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Trump Says He Would Meet with Putin Even if Russian Leader Won’t Meet with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

RUSSIA, AUG 7 – Trump says he will meet Putin without Zelenskyy to pursue peace amid war that killed tens of thousands and growing Ukrainian desire for settlement, a Gallup poll shows.

  • On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin even if Putin won’t meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • With the war having killed tens of thousands of troops and more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, Western officials have accused Putin of stalling, and Putin said he was not ready to meet his Ukrainian counterpart.
  • Russia’s deputy UN ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told reporters, 'The timeline is, I think, next week,' while Putin described the UAE as 'one of the suitable' venues for the meeting.
  • Concerns grew that Ukraine would be sidelined, as a White House official said a summit would not happen if Putin refused to meet Zelenskyy.
  • Despite hopes for a breakthrough, there is no guarantee it would stop the fighting since Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart.
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The President of the United States rejects the idea that Putin would need to meet with Zelensky to ensure a meeting with him. Russian leader suggests United Arab Emirates as a local meeting with Trump.

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Stars and Stripes broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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