We can bring you more of Donald Trump's comments from the White House a short while ago, where the US president was asked about progress on talks to end the Ukraine war. He said:

• A deal between Ukraine and Russia on ending the fighting is "very close"
• He will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin "very shortly", with details of the location due to be revealed today
• The meeting is not a last "last chance" for Putin
• Ukrainian leader Zelensky has to "get ready to sign something" to ensure the conflict ends
• A deal could involve the "swapping of territories", which he said would be for the "betterment of both" countries

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent

Back in May, Donald Trump said that the only way there would be a negotiated peace between Russian and Ukraine is if he sat down and had a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Now it appears he is going to have that opportunity.

The past three months have been an exercise in frustration for the American president, who has alternated between anger and hope over how serious Russia is about reaching a ceasefire and, ultimately, an enduring peace.

Trump’s decision to take the plunge and meet Putin raises the possibility of a breakthrough, but it also comes with significant diplomatic and political risks for his presidency.

While he frequently likes to claim that this war belongs to his predecessor, Joe Biden, and not him, a commitment to direct talks with Putin will change that equation.

As soon as Trump sits down across the table from Putin, this will be his war, too. And he will shoulder some of the credit – or the blame – over how and when it ends.

Image source, Reuters

Speaking to reporters during a summit with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House a little earlier, Donald Trump said he would confirm the location of a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin "very soon" to discuss the war in Ukraine.

He told reporters: "I'll be meeting very shortly with President Putin. It would have been sooner, but I guess there's security arrangements that unfortunately people have to make."

He said the location of the meeting "will be a very popular one for a number of reasons".

The US president also alluded to a deal which would involve "some swapping of territories... to the betterment of both" Ukraine and Russia.

He continued: "You are looking at territory that has been fought over for three-and-a-half years. A lot of Russians have died, a lot of Ukrainians have died, so we are looking at that.

"We are looking to actually get some back and some swapping. It is complicated, actually nothing easy. We are going to get some back, some switched."

Donald Trump has just confirmed he will meet Vladimir Putin "very shortly", and said that more details about the talks, including the location, will be released later.

He made the comments after a US-imposed deadline for the Russian president to agree to a ceasefire deal in Ukraine came and went without an announcement on Friday.

Trump told a press conference moments ago that a meeting with Putin would go ahead anyway. We'll bring you more details about where and when it will take place as soon as we hear more.

It follows a flurry of diplomatic activity around the Ukraine war in recent days. Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met Putin earlier this week, and the US president has spoken to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone.

The White House is pushing hard for a deal to bring the conflict to an end - but it remains to be seen whether there are terms both sides can agree to.

Stick with us while we bring you the latest.