Putin Proposes Summit With Trump and Xi on Ukraine, WSJ Reports

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• Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month aimed at ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a Moscow-favorable framework that would exclude Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from the talks; Putin first raised the idea during an October 9 phone call with Trump, in which the US also agreed to buy Russian diesel fuel and help sell it on international markets, per a former Russian intelligence official cited by the report.
• A senior US official told the WSJ that Trump 'has not agreed to such a summit'; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to the WSJ that the possibility of a summit is being discussed. The report did not include a Chinese response.
• The report relies on anonymous sources and was published Sunday; whether the summit will take place remains unconfirmed.

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