The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the timing of a potential summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was unclear and that no dates had been mentioned. The comments followed a CNN report that a planned preparatory meeting between U.

A summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine has been cancelled, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. The US and Russian leaders had been expected to meet in Budapest, Hungary,

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The decision was made following a call between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

European leaders said on Tuesday that current battle lines in Ukraine must be the starting point for any peace talks, as preparations for a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin appeared to have hit a snag.

A preparatory meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was also canceled.

Plans are on hold for President Donald Trump to sit down with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to talk about resolving the war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official. The meeting had been announced last week.

Ukraine’s president and European leaders are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling on peace efforts in Ukraine