Putin reportedly proposes three-way summit with Trump and Xi on Ukraine war — without Zelenskyy

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly floated a three-way summit between himself, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, without Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the table.The meeting was mentioned in a phone call to Trump on Oct. 9, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a former Russian intelligence officer briefed on the matter. Such a summit may take place at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, according to the report. The call also produced a deal for Moscow to sell diesel on the global market.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early Monday that "there's been talks of a meeting. I don't know whether it's been finalized, but the president has been clear," he said in comments reported by Reuters. "The president is open to anything that he can do to help bring a war to an end, if it's possible, and we'll continue to look for opportunities to do that," Rubio told reporters during a visit to Uzbekistan.It comes amid mounting tensions between Ukraine and the U.S., its largest military backer. Over the past week, a series of move...