'Are you better off making a deal now?' - Trump to Zelensky, says on land 'some up for grabs, some may be taken over next months'

"Donald Trump suggested Volodymyr Zelensky could be 'better off making a deal now' than risk losing even more land, as he spoke alongside the leader after talks in Mar-a-Lago, Florida on Sunday. "In your mind, sir, what are the thorniest issues still unresolved," one reporter began. "Well, I think the land you're talking about, some of that land has been taken. Some of that land is maybe up for grabs, but it may be taken over the next period of a number of months. And are you better off making a deal now?" he mused. They were set to discuss Zelensky’s own revised version of a ‘20-point peace plan’, which began as a 28-point US proposal- and which the Ukrainian president claimed was ‘90 per cent ready’. Earlier, Trump said he had held a ‘good and very productive’ call with Vladimir Putin. The Russian side confirmed it lasted over an hour - and the two would speak after the Zelensky meeting as well. Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that the leaders had agreed that a 'temporary ceasefire', which he said was backed by the Europeans and Ukrainians, 'will only prolong conflict' and that Kiev 'needs to be bold'. Talks between Trump and Zelensky are expect to cover crunch issues including territorial concessions and ‘security guarantees’. Trump said on Friday that Zelensky ‘doesn’t have anything until I approve it’ - while their infamous February meeting at the White House ended in huge row that saw the US leader ejecting his opposite number from the building, saying he didn’t ‘have the cards’ and accusing him of ‘gambling with World War 3’. "