President Donald Trump is willing to “crush” Russia's economy with sanctions if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has agreed to a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Source: Karoline Leavitt at a briefing on Tuesday,

Russian President Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi will meet in New Delhi by the end of year, but no dates have been finalised yet, a Russian embassy official in India said on Wednesday.

President Trump had suggested a meeting between Russia and Ukraine’s leaders could be a potential next step on the path to peace. Russian state news media barely mentioned the idea.

Bianna Golodryga speaks to Former Russian foreign minister, Andrei Kozyrev about whether Putin is genuine about pursuing any form of peace in Ukraine.

Russia President Vladimir Putin will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi by the end of this year, Reuters reported, citing a Russian embassy official in India on Wednesday. No dates have been finalised for Putin's visit yet.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE BILATERAL: President Donald Trump announced yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would hold a bilateral meeting in the coming days. That would be followed by a trilateral meeting with Trump and those two leaders. Trump held a summit with Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Fareed speaks with Russia observer Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about what Russia gained from the summit.