The Kremlin has rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s calls for a peace summit, stating that President Vladimir Putin will only meet his counterpart after a full peace agreement is finalized by lower-level negotiators.

The Kremlin has commented on the possibility of a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this summer, Russia's Presidential Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says.

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his campaign he would be able to end the war between Russia and Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that he will work to organise a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Source: Erdoğan at a press conference on 25 July;

For the first time in a long period, conversations between representatives of Ukraine and Russia have begun to include signals about a possible meeting between the two countries' leaders, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a media briefing on July 24.