00:00French President Emmanuel Macron announced that allies of Kyiv will also discuss security guarantees in Paris in early January.
00:07The gathering will aim to finalize concrete guarantees for Ukraine as part of a peace deal with Russia.
00:12Macron made this announcement after speaking with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky,
00:16U.S. President Donald Trump and other European leaders.
00:20Macron's statement came right after Trump and Zelensky declared significant progress in their bilateral meeting in Florida.
00:25Trump said Ukraine and Russia are closer than ever before to a peace deal after a two-and-a-half-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin.
00:33The leaders discussed Trump's 20-point ceasefire plan, which Zelensky said is 90 percent ready.
00:38Zelensky said Ukraine is ready for peace, but stressed results on the battlefield are vital for diplomacy.
00:45While Kyiv and Europe are concerned with security guarantees, Russia is focused on land.
00:49Kremlin's first reaction came from spokesman Dmitry Peskov, saying that Ukraine should withdraw its troops from the remaining parts of Donbass
00:57if it wants peace, implying further territorial losses, or continue with fighting otherwise.
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