Putin Proposes Trilateral Summit with Trump and Xi to Discuss Ending the Ukraine Conflict, Excluding Zelenskyy

10/20/2026

The report comes amid mounting tensions between Ukraine and the United States, its largest military backer.

10/19/2026

President Trump said Monday he was open to a meeting on ending the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping without Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

10/19/2026

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky wouldn’t be included in the proposed talks, as Russia’s leader seeks to negotiate an end to the war that favors Moscow.

10/19/2026

A reported October 9 phone call between Putin and Trump also produced an agreement involving Russian diesel sales on the global market

10/19/2026

The proposed meeting would exclude Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, raising concerns in Kyiv and among Washington’s European allies over the prospect of the three major powers discussing...

10/19/2026

A senior US official told the newspaper that Trump had not agreed to the proposal, although he could be receptive to the idea.

10/19/2026

Putin reportedly pushed the idea during the same conversation that produced Trump’s agreement to facilitate the sale of Russian diesel onto global markets.

10/19/2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin floated a trilateral meeting with himself, President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at ending the war in Ukraine during a phone call with the U.S....

10/19/2026

The idea of Trump meeting without Ukrainian officials to end the Russian invasion of the country set off alarm bells.

10/18/2026

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signals possible trilateral talks with Putin in the US during December’s G20, while US mediation advances

10/19/2026

The Ukrainian leader could have ended the conflict with Russia "a long time ago," the US president has said Ukraine needs a new representative to negotiate peace with Russia as Vladimir Zelensky...

10/19/2026

Relations worsened after Trump said he would import Russian fuel and dropped planned sanctions on Moscow

10/19/2026

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he didn’t want to believe that Washington wanted an end to the war at Ukraine’s expense. "But that’s how it looks," he added.

10/19/2026

Zelenskyy also offered a new proposal to accede to Trump’s request to stop targeting Russian refineries, which was aimed at combating high diesel prices, in exchange for deliveries of more Patriot...

10/19/2026

Ukraine's leader rejects Trump's accusations, says Putin is refusing peace, not him, and the U.S. military is delaying "vital supplies."

10/18/2026

The US president defended his decision to ease sanctions, blaming Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries for rising energy prices Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky does not want to end the...

10/18/2026

DONALD Trump has lashed out at Volodymyr Zelensky again saying he "doesn't care" about ending the war in Ukraine. The US president accused of Ukraine being in "shambles" as he said Washington is...

10/18/2026

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued President Donald Trump a fierce rebuke Sunday after striking a Russian oil terminal just days after the U.S. president demanded a halt to attacks on...

10/19/2026

The US president has defended holding back sanctions on Russia to preserve negotiations, while Moscow says it values Washington’s mediation efforts Negotiations to end the Ukraine conflict are...

10/19/2026

Trump said negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war were advancing, while accusing Volodymyr Zelenskyy of missing a better deal two years ago and criticising Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries

10/19/2026

Trump also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of prolonging the Russia-Ukraine war, now in its fifth year, because of the military aid he has gotten from European allies

10/19/2026

As Ukraine and Russia continue trading strikes, Trump accuses Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war sparked by Putin's ongoing full-scale invasion.

10/19/2026

Trump said he had decided to hold back fresh sanctions to avoid jeopardising negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.

10/18/2026

The increasingly personal dispute complicates President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker an end to the war.

10/19/2026

The proposed summit comes ‌amid warming ties between Trump and Putin ​especially after the US President ​announced a deal to buy Russian diesel and signed an order ​waiving key sanctions on Moscow

10/19/2026

The Russian leader is trying to capitalize on warming ties with the president to unlock a favorable resolution to the war with Kyiv.

10/19/2026

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a possible meeting of the three leaders has been discussed, but no concrete proposals have been made, as Moscow insists any final Ukraine peace settlement must...