Trump-Zelenskyy Meet Highlights: Trump says ‘You’re better off making a deal now’

Zelensky said there has already been major convergence between the two sides on several fronts.

"There has been 90 per cent agreement on the 20-point peace plan, 100 per cent agreement on US-Ukraine security guarantees, and US-Europe-Ukraine security guarantees are almost agreed. The military dimension is 100 per cent agreed. The Prosperity Plan is being finalised, and we also discussed the sequencing of the following actions," Zelensky said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the talks with Trump covered all major aspects of a possible peace settlement.

"...We had great discussions on all the topics, and we appreciate the progress that the American and Ukrainian teams made in these recent weeks... We discussed all the aspects of the peace framework..." Zelensky said.

"You're better off making a deal now...," Trump said as he spoke alongside krainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said, “Some of the land is being taken, some of the land may be up for grabs, but it may be taken over the next period of a number of months, and you’re better off making a deal now.”

Amid ongoing talks in Mar-a-Lago, Russian attacks continued on Syrian territory, with CNN reporting at least one death from bombing in the eastern city of Sloviansk. Shelling in the city of Kherson, meanwhile, wounded 10 on Sunday.

Sunday's attacks come after Russia launched its longest sustained assault on Kyiv on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, killing at least two and injuring 44 others.

Talks are understood to be continuing at Mar-a-Lago. However, the press were told to leave shortly before the meeting began.

Updates are expected again after the conclusion of the meeting.

Top officials of the Trump administration were present for the meeting with Zelenskyy, reported CNN.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine, White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, were among those present.

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and General Services Administration federal acquisitions service commissioner Josh Gruenbaum were also at Mar-a-Lago.

Ahead of his meeting with Zelenskyy in Mar-a-Lago, Trump said that Ukraine war talks were in the “final stages” with both Russia and Ukraine “willing” parties to the deal.

Trump also said that he would “call back” Russian President Vladimir Putin after his talks with Zelenskyy.

Earlier, prior to the meeting, Trump and Putin had spoken over phone, in a call that lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Trump ahead of the talks confirmed that European leaders would be briefed after his meeting with Zelenskyy.

Zelenskyy spoke a day ahead of the summit with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Finland, among others.

Speaking before the talks with Zelenskyy by his side, Trump said that the focus was on ending the war, and that was was no formal deadline yet.

Earlier, US President Trump had said that his meeting with Zelenskyy would begin at 1 pm local time.

CNN, meanwhile, reported that the Ukrainian President had arrived at the venue.

Without revealing details on his phone call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump said on Sunday, “I just had a good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to my meeting, at 1:00 P.M. today, with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine.”

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US President Donald Trump, earlier on Friday, had expressed optimism about Sunday's meeting with Zelenskyy.

"Well, I think we have a good shot at it,” Trump said, commenting on a peace deal.

“I think they want to do it now, and I think that Russia wants to do it. But every time one wants to do it, the other doesn’t,” he added.

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