Trump meets Putin envoy Dmitriev, predicts a big agreement

President Donald Trump said he met Vladimir Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev at the White House on Thursday and predicted a big agreement involving more than Ukraine, while saying he did not meet the Ukrainian officials also visiting.

Why it matters: A direct Trump meeting with Putin's envoy, paired with talk of an agreement reaching beyond Ukraine to Europe as a whole, is the clearest signal yet that Washington and Moscow are discussing terms wider than a Ukraine ceasefire.

Data as of Associated Press report of November 5, 2026, read in full via syndicated copy in this run (the original Bloomberg report is behind a sign-in wall; its opening lines corroborate the meeting and the quote). The White House statement covers the first lady's event, not the Trump meeting. Developing item.

President Donald Trump said he met Kirill Dmitriev, Vladimir Putin’s envoy, at the White House on Thursday, but did not meet the Ukrainian officials who were also visiting, the Associated Press reported. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump declined to say what he and Dmitriev discussed, then predicted a wider deal: “There’s going to be an agreement, it’s going to be a big agreement and it’s going to involve more than Ukraine,” adding that it might include all of Europe.

Both delegations were at the White House for an event honouring first lady Melania Trump’s work brokering the ceasefire in Oleshky, the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town where a six-day truce from October 27 to November 1 allowed aid deliveries and the evacuation of nearly 800 people. Dmitriev spoke at the event and thanked her for her humanitarian role, and the White House said she gave the Russian and Ukrainian representatives personal letters for Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump meets Putin envoy Dmitriev, predicts a big agreement

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