Zelensky announced a meeting with Trump — details

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. Ukrainian president said that the two leaders could negotiate in the coming days.

Zelensky made this announcement on X on Friday, December 26.

Zelensky-Trump meeting

He listened to a report from Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, regarding the latest contacts with the American delegation and informed the public about negotiations at the highest level. Additionally, Zelensky said that important decisions could be made by the end of the year.

"Rustem Umerov reported on his latest contacts with the American side. We are not losing a single day. We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level – with President Trump in the near future. A lot can be decided before the New Year," Zelensky wrote.

Note that the Kyiv Post reported the possibility of a meeting between Zelensky and Trump on December 28 at the American president's residence in Florida. According to a Western official, the mood after the latest stages of negotiations is one of "cautious intrigue."

"The level of specificity is higher than we’ve seen before. But the hardest parts – security guarantees, enforcement, and Russia’s legal commitments – are still very much unresolved," a senior Western official involved in US-European coordination told Kyiv Post.

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