
Exclusive: Zelensky-Putin meeting 'impossible' unless Trump ups pressure on Russia, Ukraine says
A face-to-face meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin won't happen unless the U.S. ups pressure on the Russian leader, a source in Ukraine's President's Office has told the Kyiv Independent.
Nearly two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed the meeting as one of the next major steps in his effort to end the war in Ukraine, there has been little progress in making it a reality.
Trump himself acknowledged this on Aug. 25, saying Putin didn't want to meet with Z