President-elect Donald Trump suggested he's open to meeting Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine sparked by Russia's 2022 invasion.

The Russian president offered on Thursday to hold talks with Trump, saying, "I'll be ready to meet if he wants." Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin said he doesn't know when they'll meet because Trump "doesn't say anything about it" and he hasn't spoken to the former and future president in more than four years.

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