According to the sources, Trump sees a bilateral meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj as the next step on the way to getting an end to Russia's invasion war. A meeting they have to organize on their own.
Trump is said to be willing to host a trilateral meeting, but first after the two presidents have met in private.
The American president has met both Putin and Zelenskyj at separate meetings in recent days. According to Zelenskyj, a meeting with Putin is possible – but first after Ukraine has received concrete security guarantees.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in turn on Thursday that Putin is open to a meeting only when "all issues have been processed" and that any kind of presence of European forces in Ukraine would be "completely unacceptable".
