Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed during his conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, which took place on October 9, to hold a summit meeting with Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the future of Ukraine. This was reported by a Russian intelligence officer to the Wall Street Journal. According to the report in the American newspaper, Putin plans to discuss ending the war as well - but he does not intend to invite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the summit.