Donald Trump has confirmed he will meet with Vladimir Putin after the two leaders made "great progress" during a phone call today.
The US President said the Russian leader had "congratulated" him for brokering the Gaza peace deal during the "productive" conversation.
He wrote in a post to Truth Social: "I have just concluded my telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, and it was a very productive one.
"President Putin congratulated me and the United States on the Great Accomplishment of Peace in the Middle East, something that, he said, has been dreamed of for centuries.
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"I actually believe that the success in the Middle East will help in our negotiation in attaining an end to the War with Russia/Ukraine."
Mr Trump said "a great deal of time" during the call was also spent discussing trade between Russian and the US "when the war with Ukraine is over".
"At the conclusion of the call, we agreed that there will be a meeting of our High Level Advisors, next week," the President added.
"The United States’ initial meetings will be led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, together with various other people, to be designated. A meeting location is to be determined.
Donald Trump has announced he will meet with Vladimir Putin in Budapest following a 'productive' phone call today
| REUTERS"President Putin and I will then meet in an agreed upon location, Budapest, Hungary, to see if we can bring this 'inglorious' War, between Russia and Ukraine, to an end."
Mr Trump is scheduled to meet with Volodymyr Zelensky tomorrow and said his conversation with the President Putin will be discussed.
"I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation," he said.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is set to visit the White House tomorrow to meet with Mr Trump
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White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the phone call lasted for more than two hours.
President Zelensky was headed to the White House on Friday to push for more military support, including potential long-range offensive missiles.
Ukraine has been seeking US Tomahawk long-range missiles, which would put Moscow and other major Russian cities within range of missile fire from Ukraine.
Mr Trump, who has vowed to end the war that Russia started with its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, had before today expressed increasing frustration with President Putin over ongoing attacks.
Russia launched more than 300 drones and 37 missiles to target infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, President Zelensky said
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The US President has said he could supply the long-range weapons to Ukraine if the Russian leader fails to come to the negotiating table.
In its latest barrage, Russia launched more than 300 drones and 37 missiles to target infrastructure across Ukraine in overnight attacks on Thursday, President Zelensky said.
Kyiv has ramped up its own attacks on Russian targets, including an oil refinery in the Saratov region on Thursday.
Russia has been hitting Ukraine's energy and power facilities for consecutive winters as the war drags into its fourth year.
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