Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that discussions over a transfer of military assets from the United States -- including its coveted Tomahawk cruise missiles -- has motivated Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet President Donald Trump in Budapest , a new diplomatic booking that Trump announced on Truth Social Thursday.

Trump's announcement of a meeting with Putin -- which he said would take place in the next two weeks -- comes a day before he'll meet with Zelenskyy for the third time in Washington and as U.S. officials have touted a new mechanism by which European allies purchase American-made military hardware for Ukraine's fight.

Trump has mused publicly about the possibility of sending the Tomahawks, which have a range of up to 1,500 miles, to Ukraine, while

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