Donald Trump plans to satisfy Putin, Zelenskyy as quickly as subsequent week, NYT studies

U.S. President #Donald Trump plans to satisfy in particular person with #Russian President #Vladimir Putin as early as subsequent week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), citing two folks aware of the plan.

Mr. Trump then plans to satisfy with Ukrainian President #Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the newspaper reported, including that the plans have been disclosed in a name with European leaders on Wednesday.

Dangerous flip: On Trump and the #Ukraine warfare 

The #White House didn’t instantly reply to the report however earlier on Wednesday, Mr. Trump acknowledged that he spoke with European leaders after U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s “highly productive” assembly with Mr. Putin in #Russia.

While noting that “great progress” was made in the course of the assembly, Mr. Trump wrote on #Truth Social: “Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come.”

Mr. Trump, who promised to finish #Russia’s warfare in #Ukraine on “day one” throughout his presidential marketing campaign, has held a number of telephone calls with Putin and has met with Zelenskiy since returning to the #White House in January.

However, in current weeks, he has change into more and more annoyed with #Moscow over a scarcity of progress in the direction of ending the three-year battle.