Preparations are underway for a possible summit between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump next week, said Kirill A Dmitriev, Russian President’s envoy for investment and economic cooperation.
Dmitriev posted on X, “Russia confirms Putin-Trump summit may happen next week and summit preparations are ongoing. This can be a historic meeting. Dialogue will prevail.”
Russia confirms Putin-Trump summit may happen next week and summit preparations are ongoing. This can be a historic meeting. ?️
— Kirill A. Dmitriev (@kadmitriev) August 7, 2025
Dialogue will prevail.
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Fox News also stated that Donlad Trump intends to meet in person with President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week. It stated that after meeting Putin, Trump will hold a meeting between himself, Putin and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.
The confirmation comes a day after United States special envoy Steve Witkoff held “useful and constructive” talks with Putin in Moscow. The meeting took place just days ahead of a White House deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face economic penalties.
Witkoff met Putin for about three hours on Wednesday to seek a breakthrough in the three-and-a-half-year war that began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said the two sides had exchanged “signals” on the Ukraine issue and discussed the possibility of developing strategic cooperation between Moscow and Washington. Russian presidential special representative Kirill Dmitriev, who earlier greeted Witkoff and walked with him in a park, posted on social media, “Dialogue will prevail.”
Trump said that the meeting had been “highly productive” and “great progress was made”. Trump has warned that he would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire before Friday. While the White House has not specified the measures it might take, Trump has previously threatened “secondary tariffs” against Russia’s trade partners, including India and China.
Shortly after the meeting, Trump signed an executive order imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on goods from India over its purchase of Russian oil. The order stated that the “actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”
