The New York Times reported that Trump told European leaders during a call on Wednesday that he intended to meet with Putin and then follow up with a trilateral involving the Russian leader and Mr Zelensky. “There’s a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon,” Trump told reporters.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could be meeting "very soon" to discuss ending the war between the two neighbours.

If the meeting goes ahead as President Trump described, it will be the first in-person summit between an American and Russian president in more than four years.