The President of the United States, Donald TrumpHe will meet with his counterpart from Ukraine next Sunday. Volodymyr Zelenskyin Florida and definitions of the Russia-Ukraine war are expected before the end of the year.
Zelensky told reporters that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and that the 20-point plan for discussion is “about 90% ready.”
In addition, we will talk about a “economic agreement”Zelensky added, but noted that he could not confirm “whether anything will be finalized in the end.” The Ukrainian side will also address “territorial issues,” he emphasized.
Zelensky said this in Kyiv “wants Europeans to be involved”but doubts whether this will be possible in such a short time.
“We will undoubtedly have to find a format in the near future in which not only Ukraine and the United States are present, but also Europe is represented,” he said.
The announcement of the meeting is the latest development in a broad diplomatic effort by Washington to end the conflict almost four years of war between Russia and UkraineBut these initiatives encountered demands from Moscow and Kiev that were deeply contradictory.
Zelensky made the comments after saying on Thursday that he had a “good conversation” with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that the Russian government was already in contact with officials in Washington since Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev recently met with U.S. envoys in Florida.
Zelensky indicated on Tuesday that he was ready to withdraw soldiers from the industrial heartland of eastern Ukraine as part of an operation Plan to end the warif Russia also withdraws and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces.
Although Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Thursday that this was the case “slow but steady progress” In the peace talks, Moscow gave no indication that it would accept any withdrawal from the conquered territories.
In fact, the Kremlin insisted that Ukraine give up its remaining territory in Donbas, an ultimatum that the Ukrainian government has already rejected. Russia captured most of Luhansk and about 70% of Donetsk, the two territories that make up Donbass.
Elsewhere, one person was killed and three others injured when a drone bomb hit a house in the Zaporizhia region, while six people were injured in a rocket attack in the city of Uman, local officials said on Friday.
Russian drone strikes on the city of Mykolaiv and its suburbs led to a power outage in part of the city on Friday evening. Drones damaged energy and port infrastructure in the city of Odessa on the shores of the Black Sea.
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