Vladimir Putin, Trump and Ukraine
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President Donald Trump’s announcement that Budapest could host a summit to end the war in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin has been celebrated by Viktor Orbán.
President Trump has announced plans for another summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Richard Haass joins The Weekend to discuss the details of the meeting, the White House’s response to a reporter on the location and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s visit to the White House.
Ukraine's leader will meet Trump in Washington a day after the US president agreed to face-to-face talks with his Russian counterpart.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the White House on Friday to plead to Donald Trump for Tomahawk missiles, but the U.S. president's focus on his next meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest raised the possibility the Ukrainian leader may head home empty-handed.
When Donald Trump announced he would meet Vladimir Putin in Budapest for another summit on Ukraine, Viktor Orbán hailed Hungary as “the only place in Europe” where such a meeting could take place.
President Donald Trump said "tremendous bad blood" between Zelenskyy and Putin is delaying a peace deal from happening with the war in Ukraine.
Hungary will ensure that Russian President Vladimir Putin can enter the country for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump planned in Budapest and return home afterwards, Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Friday.
Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev floated the tunnel idea late on Thursday after Putin spoke to Trump by phone and agreed to meet in Budapest.