Closer to the end of the war in Ukraine? - Trump meets with Zelenskiy. "All the conditions are there for a deal"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with US President Donald Trump, hoping to draft a plan to end the war in Ukraine, but the US leader's phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly before the meeting suggests that obstacles to peace remain.
Zelenskiy has said he hopes to soften a US proposal that Ukrainian forces completely withdraw from the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, a Russian demand that would mean giving up some of the territory held by Ukrainian forces.
Shortly before Zelenskiy and his delegation arrived at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the US and Russian presidents held a phone call described as "productive" by Trump and "friendly" by Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.
Zelenskiy arrived at the Mar-a-Lago mansion early Sunday afternoon, as Russian airstrikes over the weekend increased pressure on Kiev.
Russia hit the capital and other parts of Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones overnight and early Saturday morning (December 27), knocking out electricity and heating in parts of Kiev. Zelenskiy has described the weekend attacks as Russia's response to U.S.-brokered peace efforts, but Trump said on Sunday he believes Putin and Zelenskiy are serious about peace.
"I think we have all the conditions for a deal," Trump said. "We have two countries ready. We are in the final stages of negotiations," Trump said.
The US president said he would call Putin again after his meeting with Zelenskiy.
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