Zelenskyy Calls for Trump Meeting to Work Out Peace Plan Territory Issues

The Ukrainian leader revealed a revised framework for achieving peace, but said agreements had still not been reached on the secession of territory.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, on Oct. 17, 2025. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Dec. 24 called for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to work out snags in a potential peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow, chief among them the issue of territory.

Zelenskyy’s Christmas Eve plea followed his briefing to news outlets, including Ukrainian national news agency Ukrinform and Reuters, on the latest version of the plan to end the conflict, which has been whittled down from 28 to 20 points.