U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet again with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine.
A date has not been set, but Trump wrote on social media that the meeting would take place in Budapest, Hungary.
"I believe great progress was made with today's telephone conversation," Trump wrote after talking on a call with Putin on Thursday.
They previously met in Alaska in August, which did not produce a diplomatic breakthrough.
Before Trump and Putin meet, U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit down with Russian representatives next week. It's unclear where that meeting will take place.
The call came ahead of Trump's meeting on Friday at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has been pressing Trump to sell Kyiv Tomahawk missiles that would allow Ukrainian forces to strike deeper into Russian territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, mee
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