Trump says 'something good may just be happening' as Ukraine sends 'updated' peace plan to White House

Talks have accelerated over the last week, after the United States and Russia agreed on terms to a 28-point peace plan that would include Ukraine handing over large swathes of land to the Kremlin.

Ukraine, which was not involved in devising the proposal, initially signalled it would reject it, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying it would cost the country its “dignity.”

However, over the weekend, Kyiv, alongside its European allies, sent a counterproposal to Washington.

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Taking to TruthSocial on Monday, Mr Trump said: "Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???

"Don’t believe it until you see it, but something good just may be happening."

It comes after the US President accused Mr Zelenskyy of having “ZERO GRATITUDE" for his efforts to end Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Mr Trump’s original plan would see Ukraine hand over a number of concessions to the Russians including control of the eastern Donbas region and a reduction in its armed forces.

It is said to have been negotiated by the US president’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Kremlin representative Kirill Dmitriev.

World leaders levelled criticism at the proposals laid out by the US which they call “a basis which will require additional work”.

Writing on Sunday Mr Trump said: "Ukrainian 'leadership' has expressed zero gratitude for our efforts, and Europe continued to buy oil from Russia.

"The US continues to sell massive amounts of weapons to NATO for distribution to Ukraine (Crooked Joe gave everything free, free, free, including 'big' money)."

His comments draw parallels to the infamous meeting between the two leaders and US Vice President JD Vance earlier this year, where Mr Zelenskyy was berated for not being grateful enough for US support.

During the tense exchange, Mr Trump accused the Ukrainian president of "gambling with World War Three".

The heated Oval Office meeting also saw Mr Vance lash out at Mr Zelenskyy, branding him "disrespectful" for questioning Trump's allegiances.

After Mr Zelenskyy warned that the US would feel the impact of the war if it continues, Mr Trump interrupted saying: "Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem."

In previous comments on Truth Social, Mr Trump criticised his predecessor, Joe Biden, and claimed that Russia wouldn't have invaded its neighbour if he had been in power at the time.

Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and annexed it after the pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was ousted during the Revolution of Dignity.

Mr Trump wrote: "The War between Russia and Ukraine is a violent and terrible one that, with strong and proper U.S. and Ukrainian leadership, would have never happened.

"It began long before I took office for a Second Term, during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, and has only gotten worse.

"If the 2020 Presidential Election was not rigged & stolen, the only thing the Radical Left Democrats are good at doing, there would be no Ukraine/Russia War, as there wasn’t, not even a mention, during my first Term in Office.

"Putin would never have attacked! It was only when he saw Sleepy Joe in action that he said, 'Now is my chance!'

"The rest is history, and so it continues.

"I inherited a war that should have never happened, a war that is a loser for everyone, especially the millions of people that have so needlessly died."