WH: Putin Must Meet With Zelenskyy to Meet With Trump

The White House on Thursday stipulated that Russian President Vladimir Putin must meet directly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in order to meet with President Donald Trump.

Kremlin official Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday that Trump and Putin have “agreed in principle to hold a bilateral summit meeting in the coming days,” a decision he said came “at the suggestion of the American side.”

Putin said later on Thursday that the talks could take place in the United Arab Emirates, but noted that “certain conditions should be created” before the meeting can occur.

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