President Donald Trump said he will work to schedule a trilateral meeting soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the war in Ukraine.

Trump announced his intent to meet with the leaders of the warring nations as early as next week after special Envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin on Wednesday.

"Steve Witkoff just had a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin," Trump said in a Truth Social post. "Great progress was made."

Witkoff and Putin met ahead of Friday's Trump-imposed deadline for a cease-fire in Ukraine.

Trump said he apprised some of the nation's allies in Europe of the meeting's content.

"Everyone agrees this war must come to a close," he said, "and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to c

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