Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump “in the coming days,” signaling optimism about reaching a peace deal to end Russia’s almost four-year war.
Separately, the Kremlin said its representatives had made contact with the US at President Vladimir Putin’s direction.
“A lot could be decided before the New Year,” Zelenskiy said Friday in a Telegram and X post after receiving an update from Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s top negotiator with the US and head of the National Defense and Security Council.
Ukrainian media reported earlier that Zelenskiy is expected to travel ...
