German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will meet within the next two weeks. Source: Merz speaking to journalists, cited by Reuters,

The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump paused his meeting with Ukranian President Volodymr Zelenskyy and other European leaders to call Russian President Vladimir Putin. A senior White House official told NBC News that Trump "took President Putin’s phone call in the Oval Office.

P resident Donald Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House for a high-stakes meeting as the U.S. president pushed for a deal to end Moscow's war on its neighbor. A host of European leaders joined the pair.