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Meeting with Zelensky/Trump says progress made in Ukraine talks

2025-12-29 07:46:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Meeting with Zelensky/Trump says progress made in Ukraine talks

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky said progress had been made to end the war in Ukraine during talks in Florida, but the US leader added that "one or two very difficult issues" remained.

While the US and Ukrainian presidents described the talks as excellent, Trump reiterated that a key sticking point was the issue of territory. Russia has previously demanded that Ukraine hand over more land.

Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Zelensky said they had reached an agreement on 90% of a 20-point peace plan, while Trump said a security guarantee for Ukraine was close to 95% complete.

Zelensky later said that US and Ukrainian teams will meet next week for further talks on issues aimed at ending Russia's nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

"We had a substantive conversation on all issues and we highly appreciate the progress that the Ukrainian and American teams have made over the past few weeks," Zelensky said in a statement on Telegram.

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory. A proposal to turn the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, which Russia largely controls, into a demilitarized zone remains unresolved, Trump said.

"Some of that land has been taken. Some of that land is probably available for purchase, but it could be taken over the next period of several months," he told reporters after the meeting.

Moscow currently controls about 75% of the Donetsk region and about 99% of neighboring Luhansk. The regions are collectively known as Donbas. Russia wants Ukraine to withdraw from the small piece of territory it still controls in Donbas, while Kiev has insisted that the area could become a free economic zone controlled by Ukrainian forces.

Security guarantees for Ukraine are 95% fulfilled, Trump said, without formally committing to logistical support or troop deployments to help defend Ukraine from future attacks.

Trump dismissed the possibility of trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine, saying this could happen at the right time./ CNA, translated by BBC





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