US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is being prepared, though no specific date for the talks has been mentioned.

Source: Reuters

Details: During a speech to Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump said Putin had expressed a desire to meet and preparations were underway.

"He wants to meet, and we are setting it up," Trump said.

Trump has not provided a specific date for the talks but confirmed that the meeting is being discussed.

"President Putin wants to meet. He has said that even publicly and we have to get that war over with. That's a bloody mess," Trump added, referring to the war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin has yet to comment on Trump's remarks. However, Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, previously stated that if Trump remains committed to initiating contact with the Russian leader after the 20 January inauguration, it would be welcomed by Moscow.

Background:

• Representatives of US President-elect Donald Trump acknowledged to European partners that they are unlikely to end the war in Ukraine swiftly but have promised continued support for the country.
• Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, previously stated his goal of resolving the current full-scale war within 100 days of the new president’s inauguration.
• Earlier, Keith Kellogg said that he was planning visits to listen to both sides in the full-scale war. Reports also suggested that he was to visit Kyiv in January, but the visit was postponed.
• Trump had previously insisted that he would "not abandon Ukraine" in his attempts to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian war.

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