[arista]

I have made this a Adittional thread
as it is possibly Zelensky's last chance to get a better deal..............


[Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky has said he
will meet US President Donald Trump
in Florida at the weekend,
as talks continue on ending
Russia's full-scale war.
Zelensky said he expected the meeting
to take place on Sunday and to focus
on a US-brokered 20-point peace plan,
as well as separate proposals for
US security guarantees.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin says
President Vladimir Putin's senior aide has
held further talks with US officials over the phone,
and that Russia has committed to continuing
with the negotiations.

Russia has spoken of "slow but steady progress"
in talks but has not commented
on Zelensky's offer to withdraw troops
from the eastern Donbas,
if Russia pulls back too.
Ukraine has sought to secure guarantees from
the US as part of a deal, and Zelensky has
suggested that a demilitarised
"free economic zone" is a potential option
for areas of Donbas that Russia
has failed to take by force.

On Friday, Zelensky told reporters that
the 20-point plan was 90% complete:
"Our task is to make sure everything is 100% ready."
He wrote on social media: "We are not losing a single day.
We have agreed on a meeting at the
highest level – with President Trump
in the near future.
A lot can be decided before the new year."]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8zg25p26zo