Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A Russia expert warns Putin views a potential Zelenskyy meeting as theater to show Russian greatness rather than genuine diplomacy for Ukraine peace talks.

Zelenskyy and Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Putin to bring an end to his war on Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president kicked off his one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump on Monday by handing over a letter for the first lady

Donald Trump has countered what he termed 'fake news' regarding his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. In a social media post, Trump stated, "the fake news has been saying for three days that I suffered a major defeat by allowing Russian president Vladimir Putin to have a major summit in the United States.