President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are reportedly set to have a meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort on Sunday (December 28) to discuss a potential ending to Russia’s yearslong invasion, Axios reports.
The scheduled meeting is believed to be a sign of significant progress in negotiations on a peace deal, with Trump having previously said he’d only meet with Zelenskyy if he felt an agreement was close to being reached. The Ukrainian president shared an update on his X account Friday (December 26) morning following a briefing from his top negotiator Rustem Umerov.
“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. Glory to Ukraine!” Zelenskyy wrote.
Ukrainian officials confirmed to Axios that the meeting would take place on Sunday, however, the website said the White House didn’t immediately respond to its request for comment. Trump advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, had previously met with top negotiators from both Russia and Ukraine one weekend prior after several meetings during the past two months.
A senior U.S. official described the ongoing negotiations between Umerov and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev as “positive and constructive.”
“We’ve gone as far as possible with the Russians and the Ukrainians. We’ve made more progress in the last two weeks than the last year. We want to push the ball into the goal. We’re heading in the right direction,” the U.S. official added.
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