Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in latest bid by the White House to broker an end to the 3-year-old war in Ukraine.

Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said Thursday a meeting could take place as early as next week, although he noted that such events take time to organize. No date is confirmed.

He also played down the possibility of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joining the summit.

No location has been determined, according to a White House official who was not authorized to talk publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said a Trump-Putin meeting would not happen if the Russian leader does not agree to meet with Zelenskyy.

A meeting between Putin and Trump would be the first U.S.-Russia summit since

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