Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to travel to the US for a planned meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday, as Washington continues to push for a possible peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. Zelenskyy later told journalists the high-stakes meeting with Trump was planned for Sunday and would focus on some of the most sensitive parts of the peace talks, including Ukrainian security guarantees and reconstruction. “This meeting is specifically intended to refine things as much as we possibly can,” Zelenskyy said. “Russia constantly looks for reasons not to agree” to the peace proposals, Zelenskyy told reporters. In an interview with Politico on Friday, Trump said he anticipated a “good” meeting with the Ukrainian leader, though he offered no endorsement of Zelenskyy’s plan.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2025 21:51 UTC