Plans for Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest regarding war in Ukraine fall through

President Donald Trump said on October 21, 2025, his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he doesn't want it to be a 'waste of time.' It is the latest twist in Trump's stop-and-go effort to resolve the war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Kethevane Gorjestani looks into what's happened for us.