WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump said Thursday he will meet again with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. A date has not been set, but Trump wrote on social media that the meeting would take place in Budapest, Hungary.

“I believe great progress was made with today’s telephone conversation,” Trump wrote after talking to Putin. They previously met in Alaska in August, which did not produce a diplomatic breakthrough.

“We are ready!” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on social media after the announcement.

Before Trump and Putin meet, U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will sit down with Russian representatives next week. It’s unclear where that meeting will take place.

The announcement came ahead of Trump’s meeting on Friday at t

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