Putin Proposes Summit with Trump and Xi on Ukraine

In October 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a trilateral summit with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss a resolution to the war in Ukraine, according to reports. The proposal, reported by the Wall Street Journal, suggested the meeting could take place in China next month, possibly around the APEC summit.

The reports said Putin declined to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy directly. The Kremlin was named as the source of the proposal, which would bring the three leaders together without Kyiv's participation.