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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelensky ends without agreement on how peace in Ukraine should look

Linda Hourani, Sonya Bandouil, Volodymyr Ivanyshyn | Kyiv Independent — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:26:59 +0000

President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Dec. 28, as the two leaders discussed the latest peace efforts to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale war in Ukraine.

The meeting began at around 2 p.m. EST (9 p.m. Kyiv time) on Dec. 28, and took place at Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago. The talks lasted for nearly two hours, ending around 4:15 p.m. EST (11:15 p.m. Kyiv time). Zelensky arrived in Miami a day prior.

Before the meeting started, Trump and Zelensky took a few questions from journalists.

Trump offered a vague outlook on talks over a revised 20-point peace plan, saying the war could “either end or drag on for a long time with many more casualties.” He also said there was no deadline for reaching a peace deal and added that he believed both the Russian and Ukrainian leaders want an agreement.

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Source: https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-meets-trump-in-florida-to-discuss-a-peace-proposal-to-end-russias-war/?fbclid=IwY2xjawO_oZBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEev9LRUHCcb2ftsFw3FN7rqXc6ZYh8MKr7uU2v-yJtIl8txC_8Iniz_BSmuHY_aem_BWLvXDEDq94zIdDYCncHSA

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Trump seals Congo–Rwanda peace deal, unlocks critical minerals for US

Ravi Hari | Mint — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:53:08 +0000

The US-brokered deal gives Trump a symbolic victory — and opens the door for significant American commercial interests in one of the world’s most mineral-rich regions.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (December 4) hosted the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda for the signing of a US-brokered agreement aimed at halting violence in eastern Congo and unlocking access to the region’s vast reserves of critical minerals for American companies.

Calling the moment “a great day for Africa, a great day for the world,” Trump declared, “Today, we’re succeeding where so many others have failed.”

The deal, finalized in Washington after months of mediation, follows a preliminary pact signed in June and is being described by the White House as a major diplomatic breakthrough.

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Source: https://www.livemint.com/news/world/donald-trump-seals-congo-rwanda-peace-deal-unlocks-critical-minerals-for-us-11764878198931.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOkGFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeUsHbp1IdBBAHe5rnhCQK3Mm1nt0AAO55jf3DMG0Ykhf87BpACwVF8J65PMI_aem_YCoiJk34tfbfJKPIcP9dqA#google_vignette

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Realpolitik not rhetoric: Witkoff’s Ukraine peace plan is generous to Kiev

Rafael Pinto Borges | Brussels Signal — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:39:21 +0000

It didn’t take long for the predictable chorus of indignation to make itself heard. Steve Witkoff’s 28-point peace proposal for the Ukrainian War said far more about just how detached Kiev and its diehard supporters in the European establishment are from reality than it did about the plan itself. They didn’t even wait for the ink to dry to denounce the document as a Kremlin trick, a capitulation dressed up in diplomatic prose, or a ploy designed to “sell out” the Ukrainians. Yet, for all the outrage, not many have paused to consider what the plan actually asks of each side – and, more importantly, what it does not ask of Kiev.

When one strips away the performative moral grandstanding, what one encounters is an ironic truth: If the proposal were genuine, and if its broad contours were a practical way forward–which is to say, acceptable to Moscow – then in many respects the plan would be far more favourable to Ukraine than any settlement it is likely to obtain later. Indeed, viewed in the cold light of realpolitik rather than the comforting glow of rhetoric, the proposal seems so lenient to Kiev that it’s all but inconceivable Moscow would accept it – which alone should give pause to those dismissing it out of hand for being too “pro-Russian” or even, as The Guardian has absurdly claimed, as having fundamentally been co-written by the Russians themselves.

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Source: https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/11/realpolitik-not-rhetoric-witkoffs-ukraine-peace-plan-is-generous-to-kiev/?fbclid=IwY2xjawORZ-lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYFy2b56d3Zkw2xuupKrEoC1ziz5IrKetXh6SxEfCuSn6_JfrbpN-tSdXcag_aem_O4WwpmKJicmG7QwZ5eihpg

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