A summit in Paris six years ago was the first and only time the two presidents ever met, flanked by French president Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s then-chancellor Angela Merkel. At the time, Putin and Zelensky were looking to hash out a ceasefire deal for war in Donbas in Ukraine’s east, where Russia-backed forces were fighting Ukrainian troops.

Zelensky plans to meet Putin after establishing security guarantees, while the US works to facilitate a trilateral meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could meet within the next two weeks thanks to President Trump’s efforts to bring an end to the war, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

The presidents of Ukraine and Russia "have not been exactly best friends," U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this week, as he pushed for an in-person meeting.

Doing so would require the Russian leader to “accept the failure of sitting down with a president he considers a joke from a country that doesn’t exist”

The US president, in a social media post, said it was ‘very hard, if not impossible’ to win a war ‘without attacking an invaders country’.

President Trump said Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and special envoy Steve Witkoff are coordinating with Russia and Ukraine.

Plans for a bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are now underway, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said today.

Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that the US is working on getting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky together with President Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin for crucial peace talks.

The Trump administration is pushing for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet as part of efforts to end the war between their countries. But amid Trump's recent meetings with both leaders,