[Global Network Reporter Yan Peiyun] Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Trump plan to meet in Budapest, Hungary. According to the "Ukrainian Pravda" report on the 18th local time, citing the aviation news website "airlive", due to EU sanctions and the EU's ban on Russian government planes from flying over its airspace after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Putin's special plane was unable to fly over the airspace of most EU member states, so it may Bypass south and go to Hungary via the airspace of Turkey and Serbia.

Compared to the approximately 1,500-kilometre non-circumference route, the change of roads could be about 5,000 kilometres longer, increasing the flight time by about three hours.

The Russian newspaper also paid attention to the news published on the "airlive" website, and said that Putin might go to Hungary via the Black Sea, Turkey, the Greek coast, Albania, Montenegro and Serbia to meet Trump.

Furthermore, airlive noted that this was not the first time that Russian officials ¡°found a different path¡± to attend an international conference.In June 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov visited Iran and North Africa and traveled to South Africa to attend the BRICS meeting.

Trump posted on social media on the 16th that he had a long phone call with Putin that day, mainly discussing issues such as ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict and subsequent Russia-US trade. The two sides will hold a face-to-face meeting in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Russian Presidential Assistant Ushakov confirmed on the 16th that Trump proposed to hold a US-Russian leaders 'meeting in Budapest, and Putin expressed support. RIA Novosti quoted Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov as saying on the 17th that the meeting between Putin and Trump may be held within two weeks or later.