This handout photograph taken on December 23, 2025 and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office on December 24, 2025 shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with journalists in Kyiv. HANDOUT / AFP
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday, December 25, that he had had "very good" talks with US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, focused on ending the "brutal Russian war."
"We discussed certain substantive details of the ongoing work," he said in a post on social media. "There are good ideas that can work toward a shared outcome and the lasting peace," he added. Zelensky thanked the two envoys for their "constructive approach, the intensive work, and the kind words."
"We are truly working 24/7 to bring closer the end of this brutal Russian war against Ukraine and to ensure that all documents and steps are realistic, effective and reliable," he added.
They had also agreed during the conversation that Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov would speak with the two envoys again on Thursday. Zelensky's post came a day after having said that Ukraine had won some limited concessions in the latest version of a US-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion.
