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US President Donald Trump said early Wednesday that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would be arranged “very soon”. He also declined to rule out further US strikes on Iran after next week’s US midterm elections, Anadolu Agency reported.
Speaking to reporters after returning from campaign rallies in Texas, Trump said he had discussed both conflicts with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff aboard Air Force One.
Trump says Putin-Zelenskyy meeting is being arranged
“I think with Russia we’re making a lot of progress with Russia-Ukraine. There’ll be a meeting set up very soon,” Trump said.
Asked who would attend, he named Putin and Zelenskyy but gave no details about the meeting’s timing, location or format.
Moscow and Kyiv last held US-mediated peace negotiations earlier this year, with three rounds of talks in January and February in Abu Dhabi and Geneva. A meeting between the two presidents would be unprecedented since the war began in 2022.
Trump does not rule out further strikes on Iran
Trump said Tehran wanted to reach an agreement with Washington but was delaying negotiations, possibly until after the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
“I think with Iran, we’re in a very good position. It’s a question of, when do I want to end it?” he said, reiterating his recent views on the conflict.
Asked whether he planned additional strikes on Iran after the elections, Trump declined to give a definitive answer. “Anything’s possible, but I can’t tell you,” he said.
The war between Washington and Tehran began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, triggering a wider regional conflict. It remains unresolved despite a ceasefire and an agreement to finalise a peace deal.
