New Delhi, March 17 -- Hours after US President Donald trump confirmed that he would meet Russia's Valdimir Putin this week, Kremlin confirmed the plan and said the two wiorld leaders would speak on Tuesday amid continued efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump had said he plans to discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and that negotiators had already discussed "dividing up certain assets".

"I'll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work's been done over the weekend," Trump told reporters on Air Force One during a late flight back to the Washington area from Florida.

"We want to see if we can bring that war to an end. Maybe we can, maybe we can't, but...