Trump hosts Zelenskyy for peace talks, emphasizing both leaders' desire for resolution amid ongoing conflict with Russia.

Trump said that diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war were in the “final stages”.

Sergey Lavrov’s comments come ahead of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s talks with Donald Trump in Florida on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on December 26 that he will meet with US President Donald Trump, likely over the weekend, as Washington accelerates efforts to broker a peace agreement between Kyiv and Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is set to hold talks with US President Donald Trump in what could be the most consequential meeting in the country's recent history, said securing peace with Russia depends on Kyiv's allies.

Nearly a third of the Ukrainian capital was left without heat amid freezing temperatures after Russian drones knocked out municipal heating plants. More than two dozen people were wounded in the overnight barrage.