Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet in the coming days, the Kremlin said on Thursday, as the U.S. president seeks a breakthrough to end the Ukraine war after voicing mounting frustration with his Russian counterpart and threatening him with new sanctions.

President Donald Trump said there was a “very good chance” he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy soon in another bid to broker peace between the two countries.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The source said the call was still underway. U.S.