Trump, Zelensky confer on peace deal for Ukraine, breakthrough eludes

U.S. President Trump said Sunday that the two sides are "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to a peace deal to end the Ukraine crisis after meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky. As for the security guarantees for Ukraine, Zelensky said the United States, Ukraine and Europe have almost 100 percent agreed on security guarantees for Ukraine.

The two leaders spoke to European leaders, including chiefs of NATO and European Union, during the course of their meeting. Zelensky said Trump may meet him and European leaders in Washington in January as he and Trump "agreed that our teams will meet in upcoming weeks to finalize all discussed matters".