Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon visit Hungary to meet US President Donald Trump. In this meeting of the Presidents of both the countries, talks are expected to end the Ukraine war. However, Putin is going to travel at a time when the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against him.

At the same time, the Kremlin has issued an official statement regarding the conversation between US President Donald Trump and President Putin on Thursday (October 16, 2025). The Kremlin has said that information about the phone call conversation between Trump and Putin will not be shared with the media. However, during this call, Putin told Trump that Russia is ready to compromise with Ukraine.

Trump-Putin may meet in two weeks or later

Kremnil said that the summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could take place in the next two weeks or later. This statement from Russia came at a time when US President Trump is scheduled to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House. Meanwhile, Washington is also considering giving Tomahawks cruise missile to Kiev.

Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio will have to talk

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will have to first negotiate and decide the outline of the meeting. He said, ‘There are many important issues which need to be discussed. Teams will have to be formed for talks and the work will proceed in several phases. But the most important thing is the desire of both the Presidents to take this summit forward. This summit may take place in the next two weeks or a little later. It is a common understanding that nothing should be postponed.

Donald Trump spoke about meeting with Putin

Regarding the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump had said in a post on Thursday (October 16, 2025), ‘The place for the meeting is to be decided. President Putin and I will meet again at a to-be-determined location in Budapest, Hungary to see if we can end this ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. I will meet President Zelensky tomorrow Friday (October 17, 2025) in the Oval Office, where we will discuss my conversation with President Putin along with many other issues.

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US President Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (October 16, 2025). This conversation between the Presidents of the two countries took place before Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington a day later on Friday (October 17, 2025).

US President Donald Trump shared information about this conversation on the social media platform Truth Social. He said in a post on Truth Social, ‘I am talking to President Putin right now. Long talks are going on and I will report on all the topics of this conversation, as will President Putin after it ends.

On which issue will Trump-Zelensky meet?

US President Donald Trump has given this statement before the meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday (October 17, 2025). This meeting between the Presidents of the two countries is going to take place on the issue of purchase of American Tomahawks missiles.

In fact, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is pressurizing Donald Trump to sell Tomahawks missiles to Kiev, so that Ukraine can deal a deep blow in its ongoing conflict with Russia.

Zelensky gave argument regarding the purchase of Tomahawks missiles

Regarding the purchase of American Tomahawks missiles, Zelensky argued that if the US gives Ukraine Tomahawks missiles, its attacks would force Putin to take more seriously Trump’s call for direct talks between Russia and Ukraine to end the war.

Trump gave statement on Israel visit

At the same time, US President Donald Trump, during his visit to Israel on Sunday (October 12, 2025), had also given a statement regarding the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump told reporters that he planned to discuss Tomahawks with him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine and put pressure on Putin. He said, ‘Do they want to take Tomahawks in that direction? I don’t think so. I think I can talk to Russia about this.

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