Report: Putin Proposes Ukraine Summit with Trump and Xi, Excluding Zelensky

The Russian president suggested a trilateral meeting with the leaders of the US and China to resolve the war, without inviting the Ukrainian president.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed holding a trilateral summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the future of Ukraine and ways to end the war, Channel 7 and The Jerusalem Post reported. According to Channel 7, which cited a report by The Wall Street Journal, the initiative was raised during a conversation between the two leaders on October 9, with Putin not intending to invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The report comes amid public exchanges of criticism between Trump and Zelensky. The Jerusalem Post noted that Trump recently asserted the Ukrainian leader does not want to end the conflict, claiming he "probably never did." Further details regarding official responses from Washington or Beijing to the proposal have not yet been released.