{"id":375710,"date":"2025-12-29T10:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375710\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:44:08","slug":"trump-says-russia-and-ukraine-closer-than-ever-to-peace-deal-after-talks-with-zelensky-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/375710\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Russia and Ukraine &#8220;closer than ever&#8221; to peace deal after talks with Zelensky in Florida &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United States President Donald Trump said he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are close to a peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but major disputes remain, particularly over territory in the Donbas region.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after talks at Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort, both leaders said progress had been made on security guarantees for Ukraine. Zelensky said an agreement had been reached, while Trump said negotiations were about 95% complete and that European countries would take a leading role with United States support.<\/p>\n<p>Moving in the right direction but very tough<\/p>\n<p>The future of the Donbas remains unsettled. Russia wants full control of the region, while Ukraine wants front lines frozen at current positions. Trump said discussions were &#8220;moving in the right direction&#8221; but called the issue &#8220;very tough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States has proposed compromises, including a possible free economic zone in Donbas, though details remain unclear. Zelensky said any deal would require approval by Ukraine&#8217;s parliament or a referendum.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spoke with Putin hours before meeting Zelensky<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours before meeting Zelensky. He described the call as productive, while the Kremlin said Putin opposed a proposed 60-day ceasefire and urged Ukraine to decide quickly on Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiators have also discussed shared control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, where repairs have begun following a local ceasefire. Despite intensified Russian missile and drone attacks over the weekend, Trump said he believes both Putin and Zelensky are serious about peace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2005411975803650056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2005421746242117780?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2005320555394961422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2005357460136374661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2005402643171332597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2005462216644964483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"United States President Donald Trump said he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are close to a peace agreement&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-375710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}