Trump Reportedly Urged Zelensky to Visit Moscow for Talks With Putin
According to a newspaper's sources, Ukraine's leadership rejected the proposal and was reportedly displeased that the US president raised the idea, TASS reports.
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US President Donald Trump urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to travel to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to sources cited by a newspaper and reported by TASS.
The same sources said the Kyiv government rejected the proposal and was reportedly upset that Trump had raised the idea in the first place, according to the report. TASS's account did not name the newspaper beyond describing it as citing its own sources, nor did it specify when the exchange took place.
Unclear next steps
The report did not detail how or when Trump communicated the suggestion to Zelensky, whether it was raised in a phone call, a meeting, or through intermediaries, and it did not include any on-the-record response from either the White House or Zelensky's office.
It also did not specify what, if anything, Putin's government has said about the proposed Moscow visit, or whether Russian officials were consulted before the idea was reportedly floated.
Given the sensitivity of any direct Ukraine-Russia engagement amid the ongoing war, a rejected proposal of this kind would likely carry diplomatic weight, though TASS's report does not elaborate on reactions from other governments or on whether the idea is expected to resurface in future discussions.
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