US President Donald Trump has announced significant progress towards a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. "We are making significant progress," he told journalists. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

The White House chief expressed hope that a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky would take place in the near future. He also noted that possible trilateral negotiations do not necessarily have to be held in person.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The parties discussed the negotiations in Oslo and the trip of White House special envoy Steve Witkoff to St. Petersburg.