On December 28, Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with Donald Trump in Florida.
The 20-point plan under consideration “is about 90% ready,” and the two presidents will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during their talks on December 28, 2025.Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, said on Friday, December 26, 2025, that he and President Donald Trump of the United States will meet over the weekend in Florida.
Mr. Zelenskyy informed reporters that the 20-point plan under negotiation “is about 90% ready” and that the two presidents will discuss security guarantees for Ukraine during Sunday’s (December 28) talks.
The president of Ukraine stated that he hopes to reach an agreement with Mr. Trump on a framework for peace.
The planned meeting is the most recent step in a broad diplomatic effort spearheaded by the United States to put an end to the almost four-year conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but attempts have encountered drastically divergent demands from Moscow and Kyiv.
Mr. Zelenskyy’s remarks followed his statement on Thursday, December 25, that he had a “good conversation” with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff.
Since Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev recently met with U.S. envoys in Florida, the Kremlin has already been in communication with U.S. representatives, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, December 26.
“It was decided to carry on the conversation,” he stated.
Mr. Trump’s diplomatic efforts to put an end to Russia’s full-scale war, which started on February 24, 2022, have encountered drastically divergent demands from Moscow and Kyiv.
As part of a strategy to resolve the conflict, Mr. Zelenskyy stated on Tuesday, December 23, that he would be open to removing soldiers from Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, provided that Russia does the same and the region is demilitarized and under international military supervision.
Although Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated on Thursday that the peace negotiations had made “slow but steady progress,” Russia has not indicated that it will consent to any form of retreat from territory it has taken.
In truth, Ukraine has rejected Moscow’s demand that it give up the last of its territory in the Donbas. The majority of Luhansk and over 70% of Donetsk, the two regions that comprise the Donbas, have been taken by Russia.
On the ground, a missile strike on the city of Uman injured six people, while a guided aerial bomb in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region killed one person and injured three more, according to local officials on Friday.
A portion of the city was without power due to Russian drone raids on Mykolaiv and its outskirts over the night and into Friday. In the Black Sea city of Odesa, drones caused damage to port and energy facilities.
Zelensky and Donald Trump are scheduled to meet on Sunday to discuss stopping the Russian war
Meanwhile, Ukraine claimed to have used Storm Shadow missiles supplied by the United Kingdom to attack a significant Russian oil plant on Thursday.
The Novoshakhtinsk refinery in the Rostov region of Russia was struck by Ukrainian forces, according to the General Staff of Ukraine.
There were several recorded explosions. It posted on Telegram, “The target was hit.”
According to Yuri Slyusar, the regional governor of Rostov, a firefighter was hurt while putting out the fire.
The goal of Ukraine’s long-range drone attacks against Russian refineries is to deny Moscow the money it needs from oil exports to carry out its full-scale invasion.
In an effort to “weaponize winter,” according to Ukrainian officials, Russia aims to destroy the country’s electrical infrastructure and prevent citizens from having access to running water, heat, or light.
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