Washington, Aug. 7 -- US President Donald Trump said there was a "very good prospect" of a summit meeting soon with his Russian counterpart that could lead to an end to the war in Ukraine.

"We had some very good talks with President (Vladimir) Putin today, and there's a very good chance that we could be ending - the ending, the road ending, the end of that road," he said in the Oval Office on Wednesday when asked about the chances of a meeting in the near-term, reports CNN.

"That road was long and continues to be long, but there's a good chance that there will be a meeting very soon," he said.

Trump's comments followed a meeting in Moscow between Russian President Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff - though Trump said there had been no "b...