US President Donald Trump gestures as he greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he arrives for a gathering on the White Home in Washington, DC, on Oct. 17, 2025.
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Ukraine’s President Volodymr Zelenskyy mentioned Monday that he has requested for as much as 50 years’ price of safety ensures for Ukraine throughout his assembly with U.S. President Donald Trump on the weekend.
Commenting on the talks with Trump in Florida on Sunday, Zelenskyy advised journalists that he mentioned a gathering with Russia would solely be potential after the president and European leaders had agreed on a framework peace deal for Ukraine.
The feedback, reported by Reuters on Monday, included Zelenskyy stating that he had requested for safety ensures for as much as 50 years for Ukraine, however that the present 20-point peace plan envisaged ensures — aimed toward deterring future Russian aggression — for 15 years.
Zelenskyy mentioned he plans to fulfill with European leaders within the coming days to debate the proposals.
Any peace plan needs to be put to the Ukrainian individuals in a referendum, he added, noting that any vote to approve or reject the settlement needs to be held throughout a 60-day ceasefire. Zelenskyy mentioned “Russia clearly doesn’t need a ceasefire for now” after a number of days of heavy drone and missile assaults on Ukraine.
Ukraine’s feedback come after talks with Trump in Mar-a-Lago on Sunday. Trump mentioned the discussions had gone effectively however acknowledged that “one or two very thorny points” remained.
“I do suppose we’re getting so much nearer, possibly very shut,” Trump advised reporters after rising from the talks.
In the meantime, Zelenskyy described the talks as a “actually nice dialogue” wherein safety ensures had been “100% agreed” upon, however Trump gave a barely decrease estimate when requested about that a part of the proposal.
When requested by a reporter what points stay unresolved, Trump mentioned it was about “the land.”
“A few of that land has been taken,” Trump mentioned. “A few of that land is possibly up for grabs, however it could be taken over the subsequent interval of various months, and you might be higher off making a deal now.”
Moscow has demanded that Ukraine cede the jap Donbas area to Russia and has rejected safety ensures for Kyiv thus far. For its half, Ukraine has repeatedly rejected requires the Donbas, which is generally however not absolutely occupied by Russian forces, to be handed to Moscow.
It is unclear whether or not Zelenskyy would meet face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin if a peace settlement was agreed in precept, with each leaders vehemently refusing to fulfill up to now.
When requested to touch upon the U.S.-Ukraine talks which adopted that decision, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised reporters on Monday, “We do not know the way they went. We won’t decide. After these talks, the 2 presidents — I imply the President of Russia and the President of the USA — agreed to have a telephone name once more. Then we’ll get the data.”
— CNBC’s Hugh Son contributed reporting to this story.
