President Trump is "open" to meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin, the White House said Thursday after earlier pushing for Putin to meet with Ukraine's Zelenskyy first.

Donald Trump has said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine. Putin is expected to use the summit to set out Russia's demands for a ceasefire deal. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, Mr Trump admitted any peace deal may involve “some swapping of territories”.

US President Donald Trump is indeed planning to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin as soon as next week, Sky News reports. The outlet noted that the information about the planned Trump-Putin summit was revealed by an unnamed senior White House official.