United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday he had \u201ca good and very productive\u201d phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida later today.<\/p>\n
He did not provide details about what was discussed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s Interfax news agency reported that the pair had spoken, citing Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.<\/p>\n
Taking to Truth Social, Trump wrote that the meeting would take place in the main dining room of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida\u2019s Palm Beach at 1pm (11pm PKT).<\/p>\n
\u201cPress is invited,\u201d the US president wrote.<\/p>\n
Zelensky and Trump intend to hammer out a plan to end the war in Ukraine, but face major differences on crucial issues and provocations from Russian air attacks.<\/p>\n
Russia struck Kyiv and other parts of war-torn Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones on Saturday, knocking out power and heat in parts of the capital. Zelensky called it Russia\u2019s response to the ongoing US-brokered peace efforts.<\/p>\n
Zelensky has told journalists that he plans to discuss the fate of eastern Ukraine\u2019s contested Donbas region during the meeting at Trump\u2019s Florida residence, as well as the future of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and other topics.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian president and his delegation arrived in Florida late on Saturday, Ukraine\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsya said on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood evening, Florida!\u201d Kyslytsya wrote, accompanying the post with a photo of an aircraft bearing the US president\u2019s surname on the fuselage.<\/p>\n
Moscow has repeatedly insisted that Ukraine yield all of the Donbas, even areas still under Kyiv\u2019s control, and Russian officials have objected to other parts of the latest proposal, sparking doubts about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept whatever Sunday\u2019s talks might produce.<\/p>\n
The Ukrainian president told Axios on Friday he still hopes to soften a US proposal for Ukrainian forces to withdraw completely from the Donbas. Failing that, Zelensky said the entire 20-point plan, the result of weeks of negotiations, should be put to a referendum vote.<\/p>\n
Axios said US officials viewed Zelensky\u2019s willingness to hold a referendum as a major step forward and a sign that he was no longer ruling out territorial concessions, although he said Russia would need to agree to a 60-day ceasefire to allow Ukraine to prepare for and hold such a vote. A recent poll suggests that Ukrainian voters may also reject the plan.<\/p>\n
Zelensky\u2019s in-person meeting with Trump, scheduled for 1pm (11pm PKT), follows weeks of diplomatic efforts. European allies, while at times cut out of the loop, have stepped up efforts to sketch out the contours of a post-war security guarantee for Kyiv that would be supported by the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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