Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky within the next two weeks during a phone call with US President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said.
The location of that meeting has not yet been determined, Merz told reporters Monday night. He said such a summit needs to be well prepared.
Trump said Monday that he called Putin and began the arrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Putin and Zelensky at a location to be determined.
In a news conference following his meetings with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Zelensky said he is ready for "any format" of a meeting with Putin. He said that he would participate in the following trilateral meeting, depending on how the first meeting goes.