President Donald Trump‘s efforts to bring together Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a peace summit have hit a major roadblock. The latest setback comes as Russia continues to signal it is not prepared for direct talks between the two leaders.
Trump had announced plans to arrange a meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy following his own separate meetings with both leaders. The US president met Putin in Alaska on August 15, then hosted Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House three days later. After those talks, Trump said he would work to set up a bilateral meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, followed by a three-way summit.
