What Trump and Zelensky agreed in Florida. Security guarantees, 100% completed, announced the Ukrainian president
US President Donald Trump declared that security guarantees for Ukraine are completed in proportion to “95%” following Sunday's talks in Florida with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. On the other hand, certain “thorny issues” such as Russia's control and territorial claims over the Donbass region remain unresolved.
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After talks with Trump and the US delegation at Mar-a-Lago, security guarantees for Ukraine were “100% agreed”while the agreement between the US, Europe and Ukraine was “almost agreed”Zelenski declared in turn.
Trump and Zelenskiy met for two and a half hours, and both presidents described the talks as productive.
Despite the optimistic language, no clear progress has been announced, and a key issue still being debated is whether Ukraine will be forced to cede territory in exchange for peace, a condition imposed by Russia.
What the US and Ukraine agreed to in Florida
Zelenskiy told a joint press conference with the US president after talks at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence that Ukraine and the US have finalized a number of documents as part of a possible peace package, according to European Pravda.
In particular, Zelensky said that the security guarantees between the US and Ukraine have been agreed upon in 100% proportion.
“20-point peace plan 90% approved, US security guarantees to Ukraine 100% approved, US-Europe security guarantees to Ukraine – almost approved, military dimension – 100% approved.”
The Ukrainian president added that delegations are working on finalizing other documents as part of the peace package,
“The prosperity plan is being finalized and we have also discussed the next steps,” he said. Earlier, it was reported that the leaders will agree on the sequence in which the points of the peace agreement will be implemented.
Zelenskiy emphasized that, from Kiev's perspective, security guarantees are one of the key components of the agreements. “We agreed that security guarantees are the key milestone in the conclusion of a lasting peace”he said.
The Ukrainian and American presidents said talks would continue. “We have agreed that our teams will meet in the coming weeks to finalize all the issues discussed, and we have agreed with President Trump that he will host us, perhaps in Washington, in January.”Zelensky added.
Trump announced that he will call Russian leader Vladimir Putin again after his conversation with the leader of Ukraine.
Next steps
The US president said the US task force would include special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and “several other people”.
For his part, Zelensky announced that the Ukrainian team will continue working with the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umierov, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Serhiy Kislitsia, and the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine, Andrii Hnatov.
“I hope we will make decisions in January on all these documents, six documents. And of course we will continue to work on it. That way they will know what to do.”the Ukrainian president added.
Trump noted that these groups “they will also work with Russia. Because working alone doesn't really solve the problem much”.
Asked how long it might take to complete the outstanding issues, Trump said: “If it goes really well, maybe a few weeks, and if it goes really badly, it won't happen […] We'll know in a few weeks one way or another, I suppose. But if it goes really well, it could also go badly. I mean, we could be in a situation where an element that we didn't think about is an important element and breaks things.”
During their phone call, Putin and Trump exchanged Christmas wishes and agreed that Ukraine must make a decision on the future of the Donbas region to secure a peace deal in the absence of a ceasefire, according to the Kremlin.
After welcoming Zelenskiy to Mar-a-Lago, Trump said there was no deadline for a peace deal, which he said would constitute “a great economic benefit for Ukraine”.
