Media learns date of Trump-Zelenskyy meeting in Washington

US President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Tuesday 28 July.

As reported by RFE/RL correspondent Alex Raufoglu, diplomatic sources have confirmed to him that Trump and Zelenskyy will meet on 28 July.

"The meeting marks a significant diplomatic development. The two leaders had recently met in France and Türkiye," he said.

The journalist also noted that on 23 July he asked US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the possibility of such a meeting.

"In fact, we saw them [the Ukrainians] two weeks ago in Türkiye. I would argue we've probably met with the Ukrainians far more times than we've met with the Russian side, and I'm sure we'll meet again in the future, whenever that is. We're always open to meeting with them," Rubio replied.

Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported earlier that Zelenskyy was considering making a diplomatic visit to the US in July.

During the visit, he will attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham and hold a bilateral meeting with Trump as part of ongoing peace efforts aimed at ending the war between Ukraine and Russia.

Zelenskyy recently said that a new round of Ukraine-US-Russia talks on ending the war is expected to take place before the autumn.