{"id":2472093,"date":"2025-08-07T17:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-deadline-is-up-to-putin\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:42:35","slug":"trump-says-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-deadline-is-up-to-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-deadline-is-up-to-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire deadline is up to Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-deadline-is-up-to-putin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2472093&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump has indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not need to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before Trump holds a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-refuses-to-answer-if-biden-supports-program-that-would-bring-600-800k-migrants-to-u-s-to-work-while-millions-of-americans-are-still-out-of-work\/\" title=\"Psaki Refuses To Answer If Biden Supports Program That Would Bring 600-800K Migrants To U.S. To Work While Millions Of Americans Are Still Out Of Work\">bilateral meeting<\/a> with Putin. Trump, who is seeking to negotiate a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, stated that while ther had been previous pressure for such a meeting between the two leaders, it is no longer necessary. He emphasized his willingness to do whatever he can to stop the ongoing conflict. Trump also highlighted that whether the upcoming Friday deadline for a ceasefire would be met depends entirely on Putin. Additional sanctions against Russia are anticipated if no agreement is reached. A potential summit between Trump and Putin could take place as early as next week, possibly in the United Arab Emirates, following a recent productive meeting between Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-officials-resign-following-protest-at-capitol-building-which-left-4-people-dead\/\" title=\"... admin. officials resign following protest at Capitol Building, which left 4 people dead\">special envoy<\/a> Steve Witkoff and Putin. However, no official date for the summit has been confirmed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Putin doesn&rsquo;t have to meet with Zelensky ahead of bilateral meeting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2198851\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> appeared to back away from previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/07\/putin-zelenskyy-meeting-white-house-00497908\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">attempts<\/a> to pressure Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> into a meeting with Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told reporters on Thursday that Putin would no longer need to meet with Zelensky before he would meet with the Russian leader as he attempts to negotiate a ceasefire deal between the warring nations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493772\/trump-university-admissions-executive-order-transparency\/\">Trump signs executive order requiring &#8216;transparency&#8217; in university admissions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493898\/trump-orders-federal-troops-dc-federalization-threat\/\">Trump orders more law enforcement officers into DC as federalization threat looms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3493442\/katie-miller-podcast-former-white-house-elon-musk-doge-aide-stephen-miller\/\">Katie Miller, former White House and Elon Musk aide, launches podcast for &#8216;honest conversations&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;No, he doesn&rsquo;t [have to meet with Zelensky],&rdquo; the president said when asked again about Putin. &ldquo;They would like to meet with me, and I&rsquo;ll do whatever I can to stop the killing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also claimed it was up to Putin whether a Friday deadline for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine would pan out. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be up to him,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to see what he has to say. It&rsquo;s going to be up to him. Very disappointed.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Additional sanctions against Russia are expected to begin on Friday if a deal to end the three-year war is not reached.<\/p>\n<p>The summit between Trump and Putin could occur as soon as next week, possibly in the United Arab Emirates, after <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >special envoy&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3492468\/white-house-additional-sanctions-russia-witkoff-putin-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Witkoff visited<\/a>&nbsp;Moscow this week.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3492731\/putin-trump-meeting-next-week-ukraine-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP TO MEET WITH PUTIN AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did not confirm a concrete date for a meeting, and neither did Trump on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, just had a highly productive meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3492121\/steve-witkoff-putin-meeting-constructive-new-sanctions-deadline-looms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote on Truth Social<\/a> after the meeting. &ldquo;Great progress was made! Afterwards, I updated some of our European Allies. Everyone agrees this War must come to a close, and we will work towards that in the days and weeks to come. Thank you for your attention to this matter!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2198851\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2198851\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says Putin need not meet Zelensky before their meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2472094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-putin-talks.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[13427,5237,3733,12609,3634],"class_list":["post-2472093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-ceasefire","tag-conflict","tag-putin","tag-russia-ukraine","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/trump-putin-talks.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2472097,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472093\/revisions\/2472097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}