Zelenskyy claims US gave Ukraine and Russia a deadline to reach peace agreement

Ukraine and Russia are reportedly moving connected a U.S.-set deadline to scope a bid woody that would extremity the astir four-year-long war.

On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters that the U.S. had acceptable a June deadline for Moscow and Kyiv to onslaught an agreement, according to The Associated Press. The outlet noted Zelenskyy's remarks were embargoed until Saturday morning.

"The Americans are proposing the parties extremity the warfare by the opening of this summertime and volition astir apt enactment unit connected the parties precisely according to this schedule," Zelenskyy said, according to the AP. The Ukrainian president besides said that if the June deadline is not met, the Trump medication would apt enactment unit connected Moscow and Kyiv to meet.

"And they accidental that they privation to bash everything by June. And they volition bash everything to extremity the war. And they privation a wide docket of each events," Zelenskyy added, the AP reported.

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People respond looking astatine debris aft a stray canine structure was destroyed by a Russian aerial onslaught sidesplitting and wounding animals successful Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Kateryna Klochko/AP Photos)

Zelenskyy posted a video connection connected X connected Friday saying Ukraine's negotiators "report connected the delicate aspects of the negotiations successful Abu Dhabi that cannot beryllium discussed implicit the phone." He added that Ukraine was preparing for "next meetings," which helium said would beryllium "trilateral."

The Ukrainian president told reporters that the U.S. had projected it big the trilateral talks adjacent week, apt successful Miami, and that Ukraine had already confirmed it would participate, the AP reported.

President Donald Trump connected Friday expressed optimism astir the Russia-Ukraine talks portion speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One.

"We person precise bully talks going with Russia and Ukraine," Trump said.

In a readout of the trilateral talks successful Abu Dhabi that took spot connected Feb. 4 and 5, the U.S. described the discussions arsenic "constructive" and said they were focused connected creating "the conditions for a durable peace." The U.S. besides said that the delegations had reached an statement nether which Russia and Ukraine would each merchandise 157 prisoners of war, noting that it would beryllium "the archetypal speech successful the past 5 months."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the U.S. gave Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to extremity the war. (Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images; Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Kristina Solovyova / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

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Additionally, the U.S. said it and Russia agreed to unfastened a caller transmission of connection by establishing a military-to-military dialogue, which would beryllium led by General Alexus Grynkewich, commandant of U.S. European Command. The dialog was suspended anterior to the warfare successful Ukraine, the U.S. said, adding that it was "crucial to achieving and maintaining peace."

Despite the evident progress, Russia and Ukraine's warfare remains ongoing, with Moscow striking Kyiv's vigor infrastructure arsenic the federation faces a brutal winter. Zelenskyy said connected Saturday that the overnight onslaught progressive 400 drones and astir 40 "missiles of assorted types." The Ukrainian president said that an flat gathering and a assemblage administrative gathering were hit.

President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan receives the heads of delegations participating successful trilateral talks betwixt the U.S., Russia and Ukraine successful Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 23, 2026.  (Hamad Al Kaabi/UAE Presidential Court/Handout via Reuters)

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"Every day, Russia could take existent diplomacy, but it chooses caller strikes. It is important that everyone who supports the trilateral negotiations respond to this," Zelenskyy said. "Moscow indispensable beryllium deprived of the quality to usage the acold arsenic leverage against Ukraine. This requires missiles for Patriot, NASAMS, and different systems. Every shipment helps america get done this winter."

"I convey each our partners who recognize this and are genuinely helping," helium added.

Trump antecedently said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to temporarily halt attacks connected Ukraine's vigor infrastructure, citing the brutally acold weather.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the White House and the State Department for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.