This report details a meeting between Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago to discuss ending the Russia-Ukraine war. The speaker notes that Trump also held a 2.5-hour phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to the meeting. According to the report, both leaders expressed optimism about a peace deal, with Zelenskyy suggesting a full agreement could be reached by January 2026. The programme highlights that while progress has been made, issues regarding territory and security guarantees remain unresolved. The report also mentions the involvement of Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner in the peace plan negotiations.
00:00Donald Trump has been making efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and in this regard,
00:06Trump hosted Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
00:12Trump announced that he had also held a very productive phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
00:18Without revealing any details, Trump dialed Putin before the meeting with Zelensky and the call lasted for two and a half hours.
00:27After the meeting in Florida, both leaders struck an optimistic tone,
00:31repeatedly suggesting that a peace deal was closer than at any previous point.
00:37Yet they also acknowledged that several issues, particularly territory security guarantees
00:41and the future of occupied infrastructure remain unsolved.
00:47Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that a full agreement on the peace plan could be reached by January 2026
00:56but also added that Trump has made significant progress in talks on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
01:02He agreed that their teams would meet again next week to finalize outstanding issues.
01:06We had a terrific meeting.
01:12We discussed a lot of things.
01:15As you know, I had an excellent phone call with President Putin that lasted for over two hours.
01:20We discussed a lot of points.
01:22And I do think we're getting a lot closer, maybe very close.
01:25I do, I do, I think he is.
01:29I think they both are.
01:31What was the message of Putin?
01:32How was the message of Putin?
01:35Got to make a deal.
01:36Got to get it done.
01:37Too many people dying.
01:39And I think both presidents want to make a deal.
01:43I believe that.
01:44I'm going to brief you.
01:45All right.
01:46He settled eight wars and this is the most difficult one.
01:49I thought it would be in the middle of the back.
01:51This is the most difficult one.
01:53But we're going to get it done.
01:54We're going to have a great meeting today.
01:56This gentleman has worked very hard.
02:00He's very brave.
02:01And his people are very brave.
02:02I'm also calling President Putin back after the meeting.
02:06And we'll continue the negotiation.
02:09Pretty complex, but not that complex.
02:11How long do you think it will take to get this last little bit, as you say, finished?
02:14What are we talking about?
02:15So if it went really well, you know, maybe a few weeks.
02:18And if it went poorly longer, and if it went really poorly, it's not going to happen.
02:23That would be a shame.
02:25There's that chance also.
02:26You know, it's possible it doesn't happen.
02:28But, you know, in a few weeks, we will know one way or the other, I think.
02:33But this is a very complex one.
02:36Do you want to put odds on it?
02:37What the bad is?
02:38I think we'll get it done.
02:40I don't want to say when, but I think we're going to get it done.
02:42Yeah.
02:42I mean, you know, there was a, what Zelensky called was a very good meeting that happened
02:46between Steve Vitkoff and Jared Kushner last week.
02:50And, you know, that followed up with this meeting before the year, end of the year, I should say.
02:55Again, the meeting lasted for more than two hours.
02:57You know, President Trump had talked to President Putin before he could meet Zelensky.
03:01And then I think he's shown more optimism as to be able to end this war, which, again, has been his number one priority after becoming the president.
03:11He even touted the fact that he could end this war in less than 24 hours with a few phone calls.
03:15So I think it was very interesting to see that this meeting happening right now.
03:19You know, President Trump, as we all know, is in Florida at Mar-a-Lago.
03:23You know, he's not in Washington, D.C.
03:24He's trying to spend time with his family for Christmas and New Year's.
03:27But he's still prioritizing this very important peace plan that was started by Steve Vitkoff and has been now handled by both Steve Vitkoff and Jared Kushner.
03:37The good thing is that Zelensky sounded optimistic.
03:40He believes that this could work out.
03:42You know, the other unfortunate part is we do not know when, as President Trump himself said, there's no deadline.
03:48You know, he wants he wants to see this war and he wants to bring peace, but there's no deadline.
03:52He hopes that this war could end very soon.
03:56Now, we also heard from Pranav, he was talking about how European leaders would be coming to Washington, D.C. very soon in January.
04:02And there could be more follow up conversations.
04:04But at least, you know, we've come a long way since the first time we saw Zelensky and President Trump meeting way back on February 18th of this year.
04:11You know, when we saw how he was talked on by Vice President Jantz and President Donald Trump.
04:16So it looks like things are going the right direction, according to President Trump.
04:19You know, it's confirmed like 90, 95 percent agreement on important stuff.
04:23But the territorial things, you know, the security guarantees, I think those are the big holding points.
04:28And also the fact that the Russians have to wet this plan and they have to agree to it.
04:33So, I think that the Russians have to agree to it.
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