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Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on plan to end war as new attacks are reported in Ukraine
We are resuming our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy about to meet Donald Trump Around 13:00 (18:00 GMT) for the final round of diplomatic negotiations in Florida.
Their meeting at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago home will be the pair’s first face-to-face meeting since October, when Trump rejected Zelenskyy’s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles.
The two will discuss an updated version of a US-brokered plan to end the nearly four-year war that Russia has yet to support.
In the days before the meeting, Russia had intensified its attacks on the Ukrainian capital, attacked Kiev using missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, and tried to increase the pressure on Zelenskyy.
This morning, Ukrainians woke up to news of strikes in some parts of the country, including Kherson, where Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said a woman was injured after Russia launched “massive shelling”.
Zelenskyy said the priority was to secure US security guarantees to protect Ukraine against future Russian aggression. The meeting will likely also focus on management. Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and control of eastern Ukraine Donbas The region has been a major sticking point in the negotiations so far.
Moscow controls about 75% of the Donetsk region and about 99% of neighboring Luhansk (collectively known as Donbas).
At a closed-door meeting with Russia’s business elite last week, the Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly reiterated his demand that Ukraine hand over the entire eastern Donbas region as part of any peace agreement.
On the key question of the region’s future, Zelenskyy, who has so far rejected any territorial concessions, suggested a “free economic zone” was a potential option.
Moscow has repeatedly insisted that Ukraine must withdraw from the entire eastern Donbas region, even from areas under Kiev’s control.
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Three civilians injured in Russian attacks in Kharkiv region, police say
The Ukrainian National Police accused Russian forces of carrying out attacks on settlements (guided aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles). Kharkiv, Bogodukhov, Chuguiv And Küpyansk Districts the other day. Police said three civilians were injured in the Kharkiv region and that they were documenting the “consequences of war crimes” by Russia.
On December 27, the Russian army struck the city of Chuguiv. The strike hit a high-rise building. A 66-year-old woman suffering from an acute stress reaction sought medical attention.
The Russians used drones to attack the territory of the Zolochiv community. Strikes occurred in the village of Baranivka. Private houses, outbuildings and power grids were damaged.
A UAV crashed into a civilian vehicle parked near a house in the village of Petrivka. There were no injuries.
Private houses were destroyed as a result of UAV attacks on the village of Velykyi Burluk. A local resident was injured. A warehouse and mill were also damaged.
In the middle of the day, an enemy drone shot a civilian man walking through the village of Nova Kozacha. The injured 50-year-old man was taken to hospital.
Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on plan to end war as new attacks are reported in Ukraine
We are resuming our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyy about to meet Donald Trump Around 13:00 (18:00 GMT) for the final round of diplomatic negotiations in Florida.
Their meeting at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago home will be the pair’s first face-to-face meeting since October, when Trump rejected Zelenskyy’s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles.
The two will discuss an updated version of a US-brokered plan to end the nearly four-year war that Russia has yet to support.
In the days before the meeting, Russia had intensified its attacks on the Ukrainian capital, attacked Kiev using missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, and tried to increase the pressure on Zelenskyy.
This morning, Ukrainians woke up to news of strikes in some parts of the country, including Kherson, where Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said a woman was injured after Russia launched “massive shelling”.
Zelenskyy said the priority was to secure US security guarantees to protect Ukraine against future Russian aggression. The meeting will likely also focus on management. Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and control of eastern Ukraine Donbas The region has been a major sticking point in the negotiations so far.
Moscow controls about 75% of the Donetsk region and about 99% of neighboring Luhansk (collectively known as Donbas).
At a closed-door meeting with Russia’s business elite last week, the Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly reiterated his demand that Ukraine hand over the entire eastern Donbas region as part of any peace agreement.
On the key question of the region’s future, Zelenskyy, who has so far rejected any territorial concessions, suggested a “free economic zone” was a potential option.
Moscow has repeatedly insisted that Ukraine must withdraw from the entire eastern Donbas region, even from areas under Kiev’s control.
