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00:03 Report / Misha Komadovsky / DW Correspondent
00:16 Donald Trump / US President
01:00 Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Ukrainian President
01:34 Misha Komadovsky / DW Correspondent

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The Trump-Zelensky meeting here at Mar-a-Lago hasn’t brought any breakthrough. But how close are we to an actual peace in Ukraine after it? Not a hundred percent, but 90 or 95?

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Misha Komadovsky, correspondent: What number are we at right now?
Donald Trump, US President: Well, I think we're — you can say 95%, but I don't like to say percentages. I just think we're doing very well. We're very — we could be very close, you know, one or two very thorny issues, very tough issues, but I think we're doing very well.

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 THE thorniest issue here is…

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Donald Trump, US President: 9:47
The land — you’re talking about… Some of that land has been taken. Some of the land may be up for grabs. But it may be taken over in the next number of months…

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 This is the Donbas President Trump is talking about. Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine pull all of its troops out of its own region. President Zelenskyy says only the Ukrainian people can decide that — through a referendum.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s President
8:37 Of course, our society has to choose and has to vote. Because it’s their land. The land of not only one person — it’s the land of our nation.

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 President Trump offered unusually generous praise for President Zelenskyy.

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Donald Trump, US President: 10:02
Let me tell you, they’ve been very brave. They’ve fought very hard and continue to fight very hard.

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 And suddenly he switched to this.

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Donald Trump, US President
20:07 Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange, I was explaining to the President...

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But the recent Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine suggest otherwise.

Now, President Trump is expected to host President Zelenskyy again with European leaders at the White House between January 12 and 18, according to our sources.
He gives it a few weeks to finalize this peace agreement or…
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Donald Trump, US President
22:18 They keep fighting. And they keep dying. No good.