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Donald Trump has said he will meet "very shortly" with Vladimir Putin.

The US president said "we're getting very close to a deal on Ukraine".

"I will meet very shortly with President Putin," he said. The meeting would have been sooner but there are "security arrangements" that need to take place, he added.

"He would like to meet as soon as possible, I agree with him, but we'll be announcing that very shortly," Trump said.

Asked about the potential location of such a meeting, Trump said he would not reveal it, but added it would "please a lot of people".

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Donald Trump says there will be "some swapping of territories to the betterment of both sides" involved in a peace deal for Ukraine.

Speaking at the White House, he said: "You're looking at a territory that's been fought over for three and a half years. A lot of Russians have died. A lot of Ukrainians have died.

"So we're looking at that, but we're actually looking to get some back, and some swapping.

"It's complicated, actually. Nothing is easy. It's very complicated. But we're going to get some back.

"We're going to get some switched. There'll be some swapping of territories to the betterment of both."

Trump added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "going to have to get ready to sign something".

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Interesting that Trump is telling Zelenskyy what to do, not much has changed since the kick off in the white house