Trump has not met Xi or Putin since his inauguration last month. The Kremlin said that during a phone call on Wednesday, Putin told Trump that he was willing to meet US officials

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin and Trump discussed the Middle East, bilateral relations, Ukraine and a prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow.

The president of the United States called the president of Russia. That alone is already a major success!’ pundit says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday it was impressed by U.S. President Donald Trump's position on ending the war in Ukraine, and that preparations were under way for a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia said on Thursday that Ukraine would "of course" be involved in talks to end the war, but there would be a separate U.S.-Russian strand to the negotiations.

Following a phone call between Trump and Putin on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russia is eager to arrange a face-to-face meeting "as quickly as possible." He emphasized that the two leaders "have much to discuss" and that Moscow is already assembling a delegation to engage in broader negotiations with the U.

The Kremlin has confirmed that Saudi Arabia could be a possible location for a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow on Thursday that the heads of state had not yet made a firm decision,

Moscow believes that the U.S. is its "main counterpart" in negotiations to end Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Channel One on Feb. 13. According to Peskov,