President Trump’s deliberate second summit with Vladimir Putin was shelved indefinitely Tuesday after Russia signaled it isn’t excited about a brand new U.S. proposal for Ukraine peace negotiations.
Just some days after Trump introduced the forthcoming summit, the assembly deliberate for Budapest was placed on pause after a name between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov.
“There are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future,” a White Home official mentioned.
The Russians have mentioned they aren’t onboard with Trump’s newest suggestion {that a} ceasefire would freeze the present entrance traces between invading Russian troops and Ukraine within the occupied Donbas area.
“Russia’s position has remained largely unchanged,” Lavrov instructed reporters in Moscow.
“Preparation is needed, serious preparation” earlier than a contemporary assembly between Trump and Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added.
Ukraine and its European allies could also be respiration a sigh of reduction that Putin, thought-about a grasp manipulator, received’t get one other probability to bend Trump’s ear in individual.
Trump, who has flip-flopped a number of instances in latest months on Ukraine, appeared able to undertake Kremlin speaking factors once more after a cellphone name with Putin final week.
A face-to-face assembly with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday reportedly turned tense, with Trump rebuffing Kyiv’s request for U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles to strike deeper into Russia.
President Donald Trump, left, greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the White Home, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)
European leaders oppose pressuring Ukraine to give up occupied land, though Ukraine helps a ceasefire alongside the present entrance traces to allow peace talks to start out.
Putin believes the army momentum is on his facet and has instructed Trump he would cease the battle provided that Ukraine cedes the entire Donbas. Ukraine nonetheless holds about 28% of the area after 3½ years of the Russian invasion.
Trump didn’t instantly touch upon the summit delay.
The 2 leaders’ first summit of Trump’s second time period in Alaska produced no breakthrough, however Trump insisted it was successful.
Zelenskyy has been speaking up what he says is Ukraine’s improved place on the battlefield forward of the looming winter, when main offensives are virtually unattainable.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to reporters in Lafayette Park throughout the road from the White Home, following a gathering with President Donald Trump, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
He says the one option to peace is to extend assaults on Russia’s army heartland.
“We need to end this war, and only pressure will lead to peace,” Zelenskyy mentioned Tuesday in a Telegram submit.
Trump’s stance on the battle has swung wildly in latest months, making it tough for allies to keep up a united entrance with Kyiv or predict the place the battle is perhaps headed subsequent.
He initially centered on pressuring Ukraine to make concessions and carried out a shouting match with Zelenskyy within the Oval Workplace. He later grew pissed off with Putin’s hard-line stance and refusal to make any concessions to make progress towards talks.
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