Diplomacy over the Russia-Ukraine war is in its “final stages”, said US President Donald Trump as he welcomed Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his Florida estate.The two leaders stood outside the Mar-a-Lago resort on Sunday and addressed reporters as they prepared to discuss a new proposal to end the bloody conflict.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe US president has been working hard to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine for much of his first year back in office, showing irritation with both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin while publicly acknowledging the difficulty of ending the fighting.“I think we’re … in final stages of talking and we’re going to see. Otherwise, it’s going to go on for a long time, and millions of additional people will be killed,” said Trump, adding he did not have a deadline for the process.“I do believe that we have the makings of a deal that’s good for Ukraine, good for everybody.”He added there would be “a strong agreement” to guarantee Ukraine’s security, one that would involve European countries.“We have two willing parties. We have two willing countries … The people of Ukraine want [the war] to end, and the people of Russia want it to end, and the two leaders want it to end,” Trump said.Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s capital in the days before the Florida meeting.Zelenskyy, by Trump’s side, said he and the US president would disc …
