The White House denies Kremlin's claim from the final Trump Putin Summit, and insists that Putin must first meet Zelensky: Report

The White House denied Russian allegations that a venue was completed for an upcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and demanded that no talks could take place unless Putin first met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. US officials deny that a Trump-Putin summit has been completed, demanding that Putin first meet Zelensky. (Photo by Adrian Dennis and Gavriil Grigorov / Various Sources / AFP) (AFP) The White House Thursday (August 7) refuted Russian allegations that a meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was completed, including a fixed location. A senior White House official told ABC News that there was no location for the potential summit and emphasized that any Trump-Putin meeting was dependent on the first meeting of Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, in Putin-something the Kremlin still has to agree to. Putin-Trump Summit location allegedly set up in the UAE earlier in the day, Yuri Ushakov, an adviser to President Putin, told reporters in Moscow that a place was selected for the meeting. “The venue of the meeting between the presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, was agreed, and the Kremlin will inform about it later,” says Ushakov. He added that the United Arab Emirates were one of the ‘most suitable’ places considered. Kremlin rejects the trilateral meeting with the president of Ukraine According to Ukraine, the special envoy of White House, Steve Witkoff, initially led the idea of a trilateral meeting between Putin, Trump and Zelenskyy. However, the Kremlin confirmed that the upcoming meeting would only be between Trump and Putin. “It will be a bilateral meeting. The proposal of a trilateral format has not been accepted,” Ushakov said. Zelensky insists that Ukraine, Europe, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, responded to the developments and emphasized its importance that Kyiv and his allies are part of any talks to end the war. The meeting could take place next week despite the dispute over location and conditions, an official of the White House said Wednesday that a bilateral meeting between Trump and Putin could happen as soon as next week, although no concrete details were confirmed. War in Ukraine The Russia Carying War began in February 2022 when Putin’s forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Attempts to mediate a ceasefire repeatedly stopped, with both Kyiv and Moscow accusing each other of reluctance to compromise. The White House maintained that any sustainable peace agreement should involve Ukraine directly and repeated the support for Kyiv’s sovereignty.