AP Spotlight WAR IN UKRAINE Trump's talks with Zelenskyy to address security and reconstruction, leader says ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press Dec 26, 2025 Dec 26, 2025 Updated Apr 2, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida over the weekend.kAm+6=6?D<JJ E@=5 ;@FC?2=:DED E92E E96 EH@ =6256CD H:== 5:D4FDD D64FC:EJ 8F2C2?E66D 7@C &<C2:?6 5FC:?8 $F?52JVD E2=<D[ 2?5 E92E E96 a_\A@:?E A=2? F?56C 5:D4FDD:@? Q:D 23@FE h_T C625J]Qk^AmkAmp? Q64@?@>:4 28C66>6?EQ 2=D@ H:== 36 5:D4FDD65[ +6=6?D<JJ D2:5[ 3FE 25565 E92E 96 H2D F?23=6 E@ 4@?7:C> QH96E96C 2?JE9:?8 H:== 36 7:?2=:K65 3J E96 6?5]Qk^Am Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a media Dec. 18 conference at the EU Summit in Brussels. Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Associated Press kAm%96 &<C2:?:2? 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