The Kremlin said it wants a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to happen as soon as possible, though it warned that much preparatory work is needed to lay the ground first.

Self-styled global peacemaker Trump has sought for months to broker an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, primarily through diplomacy, including engaging directly with Moscow. But Russia has not moved from its maximalist position, frustrating Trump.

An earlier proposed Trump-Putin summit in Hungary was scrapped when it became clear Russia would not agree to the U.S. president's demand for an immediate ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

Trump has since applied pressure on the Kremlin through other means, including punitive sanctions on its two largest state-owned oil produc

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