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U.S. official: Trump to discuss ending Ukraine war with Putin, meet Zelensky at NATO summit

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U.S. official: Trump to discuss ending Ukraine war with Putin, meet Zelensky at NATO summit

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TL;DR

A U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected to discuss paths to ending the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and will also hold bilateral meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and another figure on the sidelines of the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey, according to an unverified report.

01 · THE DISPATCH

A U.S. official stated Sunday evening that President Donald Trump is expected to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, and will also meet bilaterally with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and another figure at the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey, according to an unverified report.

Earlier Sunday, a separate senior U.S. official had confirmed that Trump would hold a trilateral meeting with Zelensky and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the summit, with billions of dollars in announcements expected, as The Zioneer reported. The new report adds a planned Putin discussion to the agenda, though it is not yet clear whether that meeting will be bilateral or part of a larger format.

The NATO summit, hosted by Turkey, follows an 85-minute phone call between Trump and Putin on Saturday night, during which Trump offered U.S. mediation in the conflict. Zelensky has warned in recent days of an imminent large-scale Russian offensive ahead of the summit. The claims rest on a single anonymous U.S. official and remain unverified.

02 · How it developed

3 developments

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    Trump to discuss ending Ukraine war with Putin at NATO summit.

  2. Official signals billions of dollars in announcements tied to the meetings.

  3. Trump to hold trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Syria leaders on NATO summit sidelines — Reuters

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03 · Source and signal

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