Trump hosts Zelensky in Florida and holds call with Putin and EU leaders in latest push for Ukraine peace deal

CNN - A conversation among Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Donald Trump, and leaders of European Union states regarding the fate of Ukraine is now over, the Ukrainian presidency said today. Zelensky and Trump spoke to the EU leaders in a phone call as the two presidents met in Florida to discuss the latest peace proposal for Ukraine.

US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky are talking to reporters now following their meeting at Mar-a-Lago in South Florida.

Earlier, President Donald Trump said he believes both Kyiv and Moscow want to strike a deal to end the Ukraine war and that negotiations are nearing their final stages as he hosts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Florida resort today.

Any potential peace deal would need buy-in from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who spoke with Trump by phone today ahead of Zelensky’s visit. Trump and Putin agreed to speak again after the meeting in Florida.

The latest flurry of US diplomacy comes shortly after Russia launched the year’s longest sustained assault on Kyiv, killing at least two people, wounding dozens and leaving many without residential heating amid freezing temperatures in the Ukrainian capital.