President Donald Trump said he will likely be speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday while speaking with reporters on Air Force One Sunday night.
The president was returning to Washington, D.C., from Florida when he told the reporters of the upcoming discussion.
“We will see if we have something to announce maybe by Tuesday,” Trump said, sharing that the possibility of divvying up land, power plants and other assets has been discussed in an attempt to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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He added that he thinks “we’re doing pretty well” with Russia and that “a lot of work [was] done over the weekend.”
“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,” Trump said. “Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance.”
Trump confirming he would be talking to Putin on Tuesday comes hours after U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the conversation would likely take place this week.
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Witkoff said he had a “positive” and “solution-based” discussion with Putin in Moscow last week a few days after American and Ukrainian officials agreed to a potential ceasefire with Russia.
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Their meeting on Thursday marked the second time the two have met in the past month.
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.
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