President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in person as early as next week, according to multiple reports, just days after a Trump- imposed deadline on Putin to end the war in Ukraine expires.

Trump will meet with Putin and then with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , the New York Times first reported , adding that the plans were disclosed in a call with European leaders on July 6.

The White House did not confirm the meeting, but indicated the "Russians" were pushing for a meeting.

“As President Trump said earlier today on TRUTH Social, great progress was made during Special Envoy Witkoff’s meeting with President Putin," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. "The Russians expressed their desire to meet with President Tr

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