{"id":7451,"date":"2025-12-28T09:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7451"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:40:47","slug":"ukraine-war-live-zelenskyy-to-meet-trump-in-florida-for-peace-talks-after-russia-intensifies-strikes-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7451","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida for peace talks after Russia intensifies strikes | Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on plan to end the war as new attacks reported in Ukraine<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n

We are restarting our live coverage of the war in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> is due to meet Donald Trump<\/strong> for the latest round of diplomatic talks in Florida at about 1:00pm (18:00 GMT).<\/p>\n

Their meeting at the US president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home will be the pair\u2019s first in-person encounter since October, when Trump refused to grant Zelenskyy\u2019s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The pair will discuss an updated version of a US-brokered plan to end the nearly-four year war, which Russia is yet to support.<\/p>\n

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<\/svg><\/span>Two private houses that caught fire as a result of a Russian attack in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on 27 December 2025.<\/span> Photograph: Oleksandr Klymenko\/Ukrinform\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the days before the meeting, Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine\u2019s capital<\/a>, using missiles and drones to attack Kyiv and try to increase the pressure on Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

This morning, Ukrainians again woke up to reports of strikes in parts of the country, including in Kherson, where the State Emergency Service of Ukraine<\/a> said one woman was injured after Russia launched \u201cmassive shelling\u201d.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy has said the priority is securing US security guarantees in order to protect Ukraine against future Russian aggression. The meeting will also likely focus heavily on management of the Zaporizhzhia<\/strong> nuclear power plant, and control of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbas<\/strong> region, which has been a major sticking point so far in the negotiations.<\/p>\n

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<\/svg><\/span>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) looks on during a meeting with Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet at the White House on 17 October 2025.<\/span> Photograph: Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moscow controls about 75% of the Donetsk region, and about 99% of the neighbouring Luhansk (known collectively as Donbas).<\/p>\n

At a closed-door meeting with Russia\u2019s business elite last week, the Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong> reportedly reiterated his demand that Ukraine hand over the entire eastern Donbas region as part of any peace deal.<\/p>\n

On the key question of the future of the region, Zelenskyy, who has so far rejected any territorial concessions, has suggested a \u201cfree economic zone\u201d was a potential option.<\/p>\n

Moscow has repeatedly insisted that Ukraine must withdraw from all of the eastern Donbas region, even areas still under Kyiv\u2019s control.<\/p>\n