Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a potential trilateral summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy must serve to finalize agreements that would resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
Speaking on Monday, Peskov said such a meeting had been under consideration for a long time. The statement came after media reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had proposed a trilateral meeting during his visit to Moscow last week.

Agreements must be finalized for the summit
Peskov said the agreements in question would involve a complex resolution process containing numerous details rather than being limited to a simple understanding.
Calling it “completely pointless” for the three leaders to meet solely to discuss the details of a potential solution, Peskov stressed that the summit’s concrete objective must be to finalize the agreements.
The Kremlin spokesman also accused the authorities in Kyiv of refusing to take part in a genuine search for a solution. The Kremlin had previously said that extensive preparations were needed before a trilateral meeting and that it could be held after progress had been made in the negotiations.
Putin and Pashinyan to meet in Bishkek
Peskov said the agenda for a meeting between Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Bishkek on August 31 and September 1 would also include a planned referendum on Armenia’s future relations with the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.
According to Peskov, Putin will reiterate Moscow’s reasoning on the issue during the meeting.