President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during a U.S.-Russia summit on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
A one-on-one meeting between warring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin may not be likely any time soon, President Donald Trump assessed in an Aug. 29 interview.
Sitting down with The Daily Caller, Trump said a meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian presidents is likely if the United States is there to moderate it, but not if the meeting is just up to Zelenskyy and Putin.
