EADaily, October 19th, 2025. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is ready to join the summit of Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Budapest. He stated this in an interview with the American television company NBC.

ANKARA (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said the planned Budapest talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin were a second attempt to make the Russian president recognise the need to negotiate seriously with Ukraine.

When Putin travelled to Alaska for his Anchorage summit in August, the US granted special permission for the presidential plane - a modified Ilyushin Il-96 airliner dubbed the "Flying Kremlin" that has four engines and is bristling with defence systems.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing for a historic summit in Budapest within the next two weeks, an event that could have major implications for European security.

A future visit by Russian ruler Vladimir Putin to Hungary, a member of both the European Union and NATO, will put Ukraine's allies in an awkward position. Details: The choice of a country belonging to alliances leading international efforts to help Ukraine and isolate Russia for hosting the summit has surprised diplomats and analysts almost as much as the meeting itself.