The leaders of the United States and Russia made a phone call and confirmed the upcoming summit. Zelensky was fooled again this time, and the world's attention was focused on China's statement.

On October 16th, US President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin made a phone call and chatted for about two and a half hours, which was still a long time.

The main content is not only three, the first is the matter of Ukraine, but also accompanied by the ceasefire in the Middle East, as well as the US-Russian relations.

The phone hanged, Trump publicly said that the two had a good conversation, and decided to meet in Budapest, Hungary's capital, to continue to talk about how the ceasefire in Russia.

It came suddenly, because just the day before that, Trump also planned to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky to talk about aid.

As a result, Zelensky had just arrived in the United States and had not yet met Trump. He learned from the news that Putin and Trump had spoken on the phone, and just like last time, they talked about the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but still did not invite Ukraine to participate.

What is Zelensky doing at this time? CCTV News reported that on the 17th local time, Ukrainian President Zelensky met with representatives of the American defense company Raytheon during his visit to the United States. Raytheon is the main manufacturer of the American Patriot air defense system.

Zelensky said that during the talks, the two sides discussed the production capabilities of the company, and the potential ways of U.S. cooperation in strengthening the Ukrainian air defense system, enhancing long-range combat capabilities, and also discussed the possibility of joint production between the two sides.

Our Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lin Swed, responded at the press conference and said that we support all efforts that are conducive to a peaceful resolution of the crisis, and are pleased to see Russia and the United States maintain contacts, improve mutual relations, and promote the political resolution of the crisis in Ukraine.

In fact, Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, with Trump and Putin, is good, he is a few in the EU still friendly to Russia, often as a "mediator".

Budapest is a neutral place, not in the United States or Russia, so it is convenient for the two to meet. Some third-party countries have followed the International Court of Justice in issuing a "war crimes" wanted order against Putin, so it is relatively safe to go to Hungary and no accident will happen. The Hungarian Foreign Minister has communicated with American and Russian officials that preparations are under way.

Simply put, Hungary is an impartial "transit station" that makes it convenient to talk about things without embarrassment. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban also said that he would communicate with Putin in advance.

At present, in the battlefield situation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, there is basically no big movement on the front line. Russia is still slowly pushing forward, but not as fast as before. In the past week, the Russian army has occupied 48 square miles of land, a little more than last week, but the overall offensive has slowed down, possibly because the troops have been scattered elsewhere.

Instead, the focus of the Russian side¡¯s strike shifted to the back of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement on the 16th local time, saying that the use of dozens of attack drones and many missiles to massive strike the Ukrainian gas infrastructure.

How long will Putin and Trump be able to negotiate this time?