Wall Street Journal reported Putin proposed a three-way meeting with Trump and Xi next month to talk about ending the Ukraine war on terms that favor Moscow. Zelensky would not be there. A former Russian intelligence officer told the paper that Putin brought it up during an October 9 call with Trump. Same call produced a deal for the US to buy Russian diesel. Kremlin suggested doing it on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Shenzhen on November 18-19. Peskov said the idea of a hypothetical meeting was raised, but no specific proposals or agreements on the meeting itself or any agenda were put forward by anyone. Senior US official told the Journal Trump had not agreed but might be open to it. Rubio said Monday there had been talks of a meeting and that nothing was finalized. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said a Russia-China-US summit without Ukraine would only encourage Putin to keep fighting. Peskov said any final deal would still need someone from Kyiv willing to take responsibility.
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