"Donald Trump was asked if he had agreement on his proposed 'free-trade zone on Donbass' - and revealed that 'agreed is too strong' - as he spoke alongside Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky in Florida on Sunday. "That's one of the big issues. And I think we're closer than we were probably. It's unresolved, but it's getting a lot closer. That's a very tough issue, but one that I think will get resolved," Trump said. The US has proposed the plan - which would see Ukraine withdraw from the eastern region - while Zelensky has insisted his forces won't pull back, saying in the presser that 'we respect the land we control'. He has previously insisted Ukrainians had to vote on any concessions of territory - but then appeared to backtrack, telling the press conference that parliament could also decide. 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 were expected 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’. "