⚡️🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a phone call with President Trump on Sunday that the two will meet this week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Zelensky's chief negotiator and head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, Rustem Umerov, told Axios he has been working with White House envoys in recent days to organize the meeting, expected Tuesday.

➡️ A source familiar with the call said Trump repeatedly asked Zelensky to stop attacking Russian oil refineries, strikes that are driving up global diesel prices; the source said "the word diesel came up many times during the call." Umerov said significant progress has been made in talks with Witkoff and Kushner, with the number of stumbling blocks reduced from dozens to essentially one or two key issues remaining subject to negotiations. He described the trend as positive, said the US is "super focused" on stopping the war in Ukraine, and added that Washington understands the battlefield situation and signals to everyone that this terrible war should end.

➡️ Despite Russia signaling willingness to consider steps to deescalate ahead of winter and a resumption of trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine, there has been little progress towards an actual deal.

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