Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that he expects to meet U.S. President Donald Trump “in the near future,” signaling renewed momentum in diplomatic efforts to end the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine.
“We are not losing a single day. We have agreed on a meeting at the highest level – with President Trump in the near future,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, adding that “a lot can be decided before the New Year.”
His comments followed what he described as a “good conversation” Thursday with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Trump has launched a diplomatic push to end the war, but his efforts have run into sharply conflicting demands from Moscow and Kyiv.
Zelenskyy said Tuesday he would be willing to withdraw Ukrainian troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of a plan to end the war, provided Russia also pulls back and the area becomes a demilitarized zone monitored by international forces.
