President Donald Trump has said he will meet Vladimir Putin in Hungary in a bid to end the war in Ukraine. Mr Trump earlier posted on Truth Social that he was engaged in a lengthy phone call with Putin and would provide an update on what they discussed as soon as it was over, and afterwards hailed what he called a "very productive" conversation.
The call came ahead of Mr Trump's meeting on Friday at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has been pressing Trump to sell Kyiv Tomahawk missiles that would allow Ukrainian forces to strike deeper into Russian territory. Mr Zelensky has argued that such strikes would help compel Putin to take Mr Trump's calls for direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine to end the war more seriously. Mr Trump said Sunday: "Do they want to have Tomahawks going in that direction? I don't think so," Mr Trump said on Sunday. "I think I might speak to Russia about that."
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