Florida, Dec. 29 -- US President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are edging closer to a breakthrough following talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, while cautioning that several "thorny issues" remain unresolved.

"We're getting closer," Trump told reporters after the meeting, but stressed that the talks remain complex. "There are one or two very thorny issues. Unexpected things can come up and break it up. This is not an easy negotiation."Trump declined to provide a firm timeline for a peace deal, saying, "In a few weeks, we'll know one way or the other."The meeting, which lasted about three hours, focused on a 20-point peace framework proposed by Zelensky. Both lea...