Volodymyr Zelensky has said he had a “substantive phone call” with American officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida aimed at ending the nearly four-year war.

The Ukrainian president said on Saturday he had been given an update over the phone by US and Ukrainian officials at the talks, which have entered a third day.

“Ukraine is determined to keep working in good faith with the American side to genuinely achieve peace,” Mr Zelensky wrote on social media.

However following Friday’s talks, the two sides had offered the sober assessment that any “real progress towards any agreement” ultimately will depend “on Russia’s readiness to show serious commitment to long-term peace”.

I’ve just had a long and substantive phone call with @SteveWitkoff and @jaredkushner ,

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