Official portrait of Volodymyr Zelensky in a green shirt, beside the Ukrainian flag; AI-recomposed version. — **Archive portrait** · Photo: Serviço de Imprensa do Presidente da Ucrânia (president.gov.ua), CC BY 4.0 · Image credits

**Archive portrait** · Photo: Serviço de Imprensa do Presidente da Ucrânia (president.gov.ua), CC BY 4.0 · Image credits

Zelenskyy seeks to mend ties with Trump ahead of Witkoff-Putin meeting

Told by 1 newspaper in one country, at 00:00 on 20 October 2026.

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Volodymyr Zelensky
Donald Trump
Steve Witkoff
Vladimir Putin

In short

Zelensky met Witkoff, according to the headlines, which report a new Ukrainian peace proposal to be presented to Putin.1 2 Marco Rubio described the Zelensky–Witkoff meeting as positive, and The Express Tribune reports that the ideas will be discussed with Russia.3 4

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