Trump teases ‘big, beautiful agreement’ on Ukraine war and more

US President Donald Trump held an unscheduled meeting on Thursday, November 5, with Kirill Dmitriev, a special representative of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Dmitriev is also the CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund. He was in town heading the Russian delegation attending an event hosted by First Lady Melania Trump acknowledging a six-day local ceasefire around the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky.

Dmitriev’s attendance was a cover for ongoing high-level negotiations involving Trump, Putin, and in part  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It is also possible, though not directly acknowledged, that some European leaders are also engaged in the talks, though which ones aren’t clear.

The October 27 phone call between Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store with Russia’s Putin suggests these events may be linked.

Trump offered a very positive readout on his meeting with Dmitriev. He told reporters that “I can’t tell you what I discussed. But I’m just telling you, it’s going to be an agreement, it’s going to be a big agreement.”

Trump went on to say, “It’s going to involve more than Ukraine, and I could even say it might involve all of Europe,” he added, promising a “big, beautiful agreement, and everyone is going to be thrilled.”

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