Donald Trump to meet Ukraine President Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on December 28: Report

Zelenskyy told journalists that the two leaders will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday’s talks, and that the 20-point plan under discussion “is about 90 per cent ready,” news agency PTI reported. An “economic agreement” also will be discussed, Zelenskyy said, but that he was unable to confirm “whether anything will be finalised by the end.” The Ukrainian side will also raise “territorial issues”, he said. Zelenskyy said that Ukraine “would like the Europeans to be involved,” but doubted whether it would be possible at short notice.

“We must, without doubt, find some format in the near future in which not only Ukraine and the US are present, but Europe is represented as well,” he said.

Zelenskyy’s statement followed what he described as a “good conversation”  Thursday with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Peace talks and territorial standoff

Trump has launched a diplomatic push to end the war, though talks have run up against competing demands from Moscow and Kyiv. Zelenskyy said earlier this week that Ukraine could consider withdrawing troops from parts of the eastern industrial region as part of a settlement, if Russia also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarised zone monitored by international forces.

Russia has given no indication that it will accept such a withdrawal. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday that there had been “slow but steady progress” in peace talks. At the same time, Moscow has insisted that Ukraine relinquish the remaining territory it controls in the Donbas, a demand Kyiv has rejected.

Russia has captured most of Luhansk and around 70 per cent of Donetsk, the two regions that make up the Donbas.