As Kyiv expressed willingness to withdraw troops from some occupied regions, Russia gave no indication it was ready to pull back from territory it had seized.

A meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump will happen “in the near future,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, signaling progress in talks to end the nearly four-year Russia-Ukraine war.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he and President Trump have agreed to meet "in the near future," signaling progress in talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he has agreed to a meeting with President Donald Trump after what was described as a truly good conversation on Christmas Day with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that he spoke with special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner for "nearly an hour" about how to end the war with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said he will meet with President Trump in the “near future,” leaving open the possibility for more peace talks between Ukraine and Russia before the end of the year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Florida Sunday, as part of efforts to reach a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end Russia’s war, if Moscow also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces.