The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has expressed willingness to hold a summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, but has set the end of the conflict in Ukraine as a mandatory condition.
This position comes at a time when the war in Ukraine has been ongoing for more than three years, with continuous military confrontations between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
Trump's demand represents a significant shift in the diplomatic approach, by linking any direct high-level contact with Russia to concrete results on the ground, namely the cessation of hostilities.
The summit proposal comes in the context of international efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict, although the exact conditions and format of any potential negotiations remain to be defined.
