A meeting between President Putin and President Trump could happen as soon as next week, according to a Kremlin adviser. It would be the first US-Russia summit since 2021.

But the American media was briefed by one White House official that no summit would go ahead unless President Putin also agreed to meet President Zelenskyy, something he has so far refused to do. And meanwhile in Ukraine, the fighting goes on relentlessly.

A warning, this report contains moderately offensive language.

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