Earlier, Trump responded to a question about the possibility of meeting with Putin and providing Kyiv with ‘Tomahawk’ missiles by saying he doesn’t want to waste his time. Trump explained to reporters at the White House, ‘I didn’t say that, I didn’t say it would be so, no one knows what might happen.’
Earlier today, Wednesday, Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and special envoy of the Russian President for economic cooperation with foreign countries, commented on media reports about the upcoming Russian-American summit in Hungary, affirming that preparations are underway.
Dmitriev wrote on his social media page, ‘The media is distorting statements about the ‘near future’ to undermine the upcoming summit. Preparations are ongoing.’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Donald Trump held their eighth phone call this year on Thursday evening, October 16. After the two-and-a-half-hour call, Yuri Ushakov, Russian presidential aide, announced that Moscow and Washington would immediately begin preparations for a new summit between the two countries’ leaders, which may take place in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
