United States President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social on Thursday that he will meet with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin “in an agreed upon location,” in Budapest, Hungary. Trump posted his announcement following his phone call with Putin. Trump described the call as a “very productive one,” revealing that Putin “congratulated” him and the US on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. “I actually believe that the Success in the Middle East will help in our negotiation in attaining an end to the War with Russia/Ukraine. President Putin thanked the First Lady, Melania, for her involvement with children,” Trump said. Furthermore, he said he discussed trade relations between the US and Russia, “when the war with Ukraine is over.” The two leaders also agreed to organize a meeting of “high level advisors next week,” with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio leading the US team. This meeting will then be followed by a face-to-face encounter between the two presidents in Budapest.
NN: This has been engineered by Putin to put the kabob on the pending deal tomorrow of supplying Patriate missiles to Ukraine