US shelves plans for Trump-Putin talks in Budapest

White House says there are now no plans for summit ‘in the immediate future’ as latest efforts to end Ukraine war falter

Plans to hold a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest have been put on hold as Ukraine and its European allies rallied in pushing for a ceasefire without territorial concessions from Kyiv.

The White House said there were now “no plans” for the US president to meet his Russian counterpart “in the immediate future” as a round of diplomacy at the end of last week failed to yield any significant progress towards ending the war.

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