Zelensky seeks discussion on territorial issues with Trump during meeting on Sunday

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wants to discuss territorial issues, the main stumbling block in talks to end the war, with US President Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, as a 20-point peace framework and a security guarantee deal near completion.

Announcing the meeting, Zelenskiy says “a lot can be decided before the New Year,” as Washington drives efforts to end Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.

A security guarantee agreement between Ukraine and the US is “almost read,y” and the 20-point plan draft was 90% complete, Zelensky tells reporters in a WhatsApp chat.

“He doesn’t have anything until I approve it,” Trump told Politico in an interview published yesterday. “So we’ll see what he’s got.”

Zelenskiy told Axios that the US offered a 15-year deal on security guarantees that could be renewed, and Kyiv wanted a longer term.

Wary of failed guarantees from allies in the past, Ukraine is seeking robust and legally binding deals to prevent further Russian aggression.

Zelensky said his meeting with Trump aimed to “refine things” in the drafts and to discuss potential deals on Ukraine’s economy.

He added that he was not ready to say if any deal would be signed during his visit, but Ukraine was open to it.

Trump said he believed the meeting was going to go well, while he expected to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin “soon, as much as I want.”