Trump news at a glance: progress but no breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks

Donald Trump says ‘one or two tough’ issues could lead to negotiations breaking down – key US politics stories from 28 December at a glance

Trump news at a glance: progress but no breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks

Donald Trump says ‘one or two tough’ issues could lead to negotiations breaking down – key US politics stories from 28 December at a glance

President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal, but he acknowledged negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years.

After a two-hour meeting in Florida with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump conceded “one or two tough” issues – over territory and how the war might end – still needed to be resolved, an indication of progress made but no breakthrough.

Earlier Trump had what he described as an “excellent” two-and-a-half-hour phone conversation with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin