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Sunday's meeting between Trump and Zelensky comes at the height of Trump's diplomatic push to reach a peace agreement.

However, US president says a few ‘thorny issues’ remain before a deal can be concluded

Donald Trump has said he believes he has the “makings of a deal” as he met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, 28 December.

The Ukrainian leader is meeting the US president in Florida.

Trump expresses optimism about Ukraine peace deal as Russia launches massive drone and missile assault on Kyiv, killing one and wounding 27 ahead of Mar-a-Lago talks

The US President said prior to the meeting he had had a ‘good and very productive’ call with Russian President Vladimir Putin

The US president said prior to the meeting he had had a ‘good and very productive’ call with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Welcoming Ukraine's Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said he believed Putin is "serious about peace" in Ukraine. Trump will have another call with the Russian president after the meeting with Zelenskyy is over. Europeans will be debriefed separately.

An unusual agreement on a temporary ceasefire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was reached between Ukraine and Russia to allow repairs and prevent a potential nuclear accident.

President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to try to close out a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia that would end nearly four years of war

Voters in the Central African Republic take to the polls in unprecedented quadruple elections, combining the presidential, legislative, regional, and municipal ballots. Incumbent, Russian-backed President Faustin-Archange Touadera is seen as the favourite by analysts.