WASHINGTON —

President Donald Trump's two-week timeline for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is becoming increasingly unclear as the Kremlin refuses to commit to the summit, contrary to the White House's assurances.

"I can assure you that the United States government and the Trump administration is working with both Russia and Ukraine to make that bilateral happen as we speak," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a press briefing on Tuesday.

The growing disconnect between the White House and the Kremlin threatens to upend Trump's goal of arranging a bilateral meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy , followed by a trilateral meeting that would include Trump himself.

The president is working on th

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