Kremlin says meeting between Putin, Trump, Zelensky unlikely soon

Russia and Ukraine representatives during a meeting./FILE

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is unlikely to take place anytime soon, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.

Peskov said that while the Russian leader remains open to holding high-level talks, he believes that such a meeting should only happen after agreements have been reached and worked out at the technical level.

Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Istanbul on Monday for a second round of direct talks, during which the two sides agreed to a major prisoner swap, discussed humanitarian issues, and exchanged draft peace proposals outlining concrete terms for settling the Ukraine crisis.

"Of course, it would be wrong to expect any immediate decisions or breakthroughs," Peskov said when commenting on the latest meeting.

Peskov stated that certain important agreements were reached on Monday in Istanbul and that Moscow will await Kiev's response to the peace memorandum that Russian officials handed to the Ukrainian side.

At the same time, he said that discussions about "compromises" in the draft proposals should be conducted directly with Kiev, noting that the details would not be made public.