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\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday, for the latest round of talks aimed at ending nearly four years of war with Russia.
\nThe pair will discuss an updated version of a US-brokered peace plan, which Moscow is yet to support, as well as separate proposals for US security guarantees.
\nTheir meeting at the US president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home follows intense Russian bombardment of Kyiv over the weekend, which Zelensky said is evidence that Moscow \u201cdoesn\u2019t want peace\u201d.
\nOn Friday night, a 10-hour missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine\u2019s capital killed two people and left 32 others injured, local authorities said.
\nThere were further Russian strikes on Saturday night.
\nAt the meeting in Florida, Zelensky is expected to raise security guarantees and territorial concessions for Ukraine, both of which are issues that Russia has previously been unwilling to compromise on.
\nThey will also discuss the new 20-point peace plan, a revised version of an earlier 28-point plan drafted by US special envoy Steve Witkoff which was widely seen as being too favourable to Russia.
\nControl of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbas has been a major sticking point so far, but Zelensky has now said a \u201cfree economic zone\u201d could be an option.
\nMoscow currently controls about 75% of the Donetsk region, and some 99% of the neighbouring Luhansk. The regions are collectively known as Donbas.
\nThe Kremlin has not commented on Zelensky\u2019s offer to withdraw troops from the eastern Donbas region, if Russia pulls back too.
\nBut on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine was \u201cin no hurry to resolve this conflict peacefully\u201d, state-owned news agency Tass reported.
\nPutin added that if Kyiv did not want to resolve the conflict peacefully, Russia would accomplish its objectives militarily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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