Putin proposes three-way Ukraine peace summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a three-nation summit to U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call. According to the Daily Times, Putin wants to hold peace talks alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in China to aim for a formal end to the war in Ukraine. Trump told reporters that he is willing to hold a trilateral meeting with Putin and Xi to end the war and pursue global denuclearization, even if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is excluded from the negotiations.

The Kyiv Independent reports that Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is expected to travel to Norway this week for peace talks involving Zelensky and European officials. These discussions in Oslo are expected to include representatives from the European Union, NATO, Britain, France, Germany, Poland, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Witkoff is also expected to meet with Putin in Russia to discuss the release of American citizen Stephen Hubbard, who was detained by Russia in 2022. Jared Kushner is expected to participate in the Oslo talks remotely due to illness.

Regarding the conflict, Zelensky told Bloomberg that he proposed suspending Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure in exchange for more American-made Patriot interceptor missiles. Separately, Ukrinform, citing CNBC, reported that Trump suggested a trilateral meeting proposed by Putin could occur without Zelensky, stating he would do anything to end the war regardless of who is present. Trump also remarked that Russia has been "fine" on Ukraine and stated that Zelensky "doesn't know what he's talking about."

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