WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet “very shortly” with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, a major potential milestone after expressing weeks of frustration that more was not being done to quell the fighting.

Speaking to reporters at the White House after announcing a framework aimed at ending decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump refused to say exactly when or where he would meet with Putin but that he planned to announce a location later in the day.

He also suggested that his meeting with the Russian leader could come before any sit-down discussion involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

If it happens, the meeting would be the first U.S.-Russia summit since 2021, when former President

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