Putin-Trump summit in Hungary forces EU leaders to mull airspace exemptions – POLITICO

EU officials said Friday that one or more European leaders would need to grant Vladimir Putin a special waiver to fly through their airspace if he is to attend a proposed Budapest summit with Donald Trump.

The U.S. president announced this week that he would be holding direct talks with the Russian leader to try to end what he called an "inglorious" full-scale invasion of Ukraine that has dragged on for more than three years.

The meeting would be hosted in Budapest, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has cultivated friendly ties with both leaders.