The meeting was confirmed by Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov but he played down a three-way summit with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

TRUMP-PUTIN MEETING: The Kremlin said Vladimir Putin and Trump will meet in the ‘coming days’ after the U.S. president said he hoped to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart in person to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

It would be the first summit between the leaders since 2021. Trump has threatened new sanctions against Russia and countries that buy its exports if there is no deal to end the Ukraine war.