President Donald Trump said Monday that he has started organizing a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss ending Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.

Why It Matters

Trump's announcement came after he met with Zelensky at the White House earlier Monday to discuss the status of the U.S.'s ongoing effort to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, which Putin launched in 2022 without provocation.

Trump hosted Putin for a summit at a U.S. military base in Alaska on Friday, in which he tilted toward Putin's demands that Ukraine make concessions over land seized by Russia. Trump had previously suggested the possibility of "land swaps" between Russia and Ukraine, though Putin has not offered to give up any Russian lan

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