Their meeting at the US president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home will be the pair\u2019s first in-person encounter since October, when Trump refused to grant Zelenskyy\u2019s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n The pair will discuss an updated version of a US-brokered plan to end the nearly-four year war, which Russia is yet to support.<\/p>\n In the days before the meeting, Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine\u2019s capital<\/a>, using missiles and drones to attack Kyiv and try to increase the pressure on Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n This morning, Ukrainians again woke up to reports of strikes in parts of the country, including in Kherson, where the State Emergency Service of Ukraine<\/a> said one woman was injured after Russia launched \u201cmassive shelling\u201d.<\/p>\n Zelenskyy has said the priority is securing US security guarantees in order to protect Ukraine against future Russian aggression. The meeting will also likely focus heavily on management of the Zaporizhzhia<\/strong> nuclear power plant, and control of Ukraine\u2019s eastern Donbas<\/strong> region, which has been a major sticking point so far in the negotiations.<\/p>\n Moscow controls about 75% of the Donetsk region, and about 99% of the neighbouring Luhansk (known collectively as Donbas).<\/p>\n At a closed-door meeting with Russia\u2019s business elite last week, the Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/strong> reportedly reiterated his demand that Ukraine hand over the entire eastern Donbas region as part of any peace deal.<\/p>\n On the key question of the future of the region, Zelenskyy, who has so far rejected any territorial concessions, has suggested a \u201cfree economic zone\u201d was a potential option.<\/p>\n Moscow has repeatedly insisted that Ukraine must withdraw from all of the eastern Donbas region, even areas still under Kyiv\u2019s control.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.16 EST<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s leading private energy provider said on Sunday it had restored power to nearly 750,000 households in Kyiv after a Russian drone and missile barrage killed at least one person and left hundreds of thousands of people facing freezing temperatures.<\/p>\n DTEK said consumers on Kyiv\u2019s right bank were back to planned power cuts but that the situation remained \u201cmore difficult\u201d on the left bank, where emergency outages were still in force.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Three civilians injured in Russian strikes in Kharkiv region, police say<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s National Police has accused Russian forces of launching attacks (guided aircraft and drones) on settlements in Kharkiv<\/strong>, Bogodukhov<\/strong>, Chuguiv<\/strong> and Kupiansk<\/strong> districts over the past day. The police said three civilians in the Kharkiv region were injured and said they are documenting the \u201cconsequences of war crimes\u201d by Russia.<\/p>\n The police said<\/a>:<\/p>\n On December 27, the Russian army struck the city of Chuguiv. The strike hit a residential high-rise building. A 66-year-old woman with an acute stress reaction sought medical help. <\/p>\n The Russians used drones to strike the territory of the Zolochiv community. The strikes occurred in the village of Baranivka. Private houses, outbuildings, and power grids were damaged. <\/p>\n A UAV hit a civilian car parked near a household in the village of Petrivka. There were no injuries. <\/p>\n As a result of UAV strikes in the village of Velykyi Burluk, private houses were destroyed. A local resident was injured. A warehouse and a mill were also damaged. <\/p>\n In the middle of the day, an enemy drone hit a civilian man walking from the village of Nova Kozacha. The 50-year-old wounded man was taken to a medical facility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a004.18 EST<\/p>\n Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on plan to end the war as new attacks reported in Ukraine<\/p>\n We are restarting our live coverage of the war in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> is due to meet Donald Trump<\/strong> for the latest round of diplomatic talks in Florida at about 1:00pm (18:00 GMT).<\/p>\n Their meeting at the US president\u2019s Mar-a-Lago home will be the pair\u2019s first in-person encounter since October, when Trump refused to grant Zelenskyy\u2019s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles<\/a>.<\/p>\n The pair will discuss an updated version of a US-brokered plan to end the nearly-four year war, which Russia is yet to support.<\/p>\n Two private houses that caught fire as a result of a Russian attack in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on 27 December 2025. Photograph: Oleksandr Klymenko\/Ukrinform\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n In the days before the meeting, Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine\u2019s capital<\/a>, using missiles and drones to attack Kyiv and try to increase the pressure on Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n![\"Two](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6720.jpg\")
Two private houses that caught fire as a result of a Russian attack in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on 27 December 2025. Photograph: Oleksandr Klymenko\/Ukrinform\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n![\"Ukrainian](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8328.jpg\")
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) looks on during a meeting with Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet at the White House on 17 October 2025. Photograph: Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n