Speaking to reporters at a briefing on Friday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt mentioned that the much-anticipated Trump-Putin meeting next week in the Middle East is not going to happen.

The White House said that Trump had a "very good and productive" call with Zelenskyy, and he expects that both Ukraine and Russia will come to an agreement next week on the proposed 30-day ceasefire.

Meanwhile the Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaking to reporters said that that Russia is thankful to the US leadership for efforts on the Ukrainian settlement and it will welcome any country's participation in it, in a response to a question regarding publications that US President Trump might ask Turkey or China to facilitate peace talks on Ukraine.

"We are ready to welcome any country's efforts. We are obviously thankful to the US President Trump for all efforts for bringing the process of settlement to the political and diplomatic field. And we will welcome the efforts of all other countries that can contribute (to the settlement)," Peskov added.

He further said that a detailed discussion of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine is impossible without nuances taken into account.

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