U.S. and Ukrainian officials will meet again on Saturday to discuss the peace plan, saying “real progress” depends on Russia.

President Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials announced Friday that they will meet for a third day of talks after making progress in creating a security framework for Post-war Ukraineand urge Russia to commit to peace.

The officials, who met for a second day in Florida on Friday, issued a joint statement that gave a broad overview of the progress they say has been made as Mr. Trump pushes kyiv and Moscow to accept a U.S.-brokered proposal to end nearly four years of war.

“Both sides agreed that real progress toward an agreement depends on Russia’s willingness to demonstrate a serious commitment to long-term peace, including steps toward de-escalation and cessation of mass killings,” the statement said. “The parties also separately reviewed the Future Prosperity Agenda that aims to support Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction, joint U.S.-Ukraine economic initiatives, and long-term recovery projects.”

The Kremlin did not immediately comment on the latest negotiations between the United States and Ukraine on Friday.

The meetings of the American special envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Florida, with Rustem Umerov, the main Ukrainian negotiator, follow the discussions Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American envoys to the Kremlin.

Yuri Ushakov, a senior Putin aide, told reporters after At Tuesday’s meeting, discussions were “constructive, very useful and substantive.”

“The territorial issue is of course the most important for us, as well as for the Americans. A compromise option has not yet been found, but some American developments seem more or less acceptable, but they need to be discussed,” he said earlier this week. “Certain formulations that were proposed to us seem acceptable to us.”

However, Ushakov also added: “We are no closer to resolving the crisis in Ukraine and there is a lot of work to do. »

Ushakov said Moscow had received four additional documents in addition to the original proposal in 28 points the Trump administration presented it last month, but did not specify the contents of these documents.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who participated in the discussions last weekend with Ukrainian officials in Florida, had said those conversations were “another very productive session” but “there are a lot of moving parts.”

Mr. Trump told reporters after Sunday’s talks: “I think there’s a good chance we can come to an agreement.”

The original supported by the United States peace proposal The plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, unveiled last month, has seen changes after the original plan was criticized by some as being too pro-Russia, Mr. Trump told reporters over the weekend. One provision that sparked strong reactions from U.S. and European officials called on Ukraine to cede territory it currently controls in Donetsk to Russia.

“They are making concessions,” Mr. Trump said of the Russians. “These are big concessions. They’re stopping the fighting and not taking any more land.”

Friday’s session with U.S. and Ukrainian officials took place at the Shell Bay Club in Hallandale Beach, Fla., a private, high-end golf and lifestyle destination owned by Witkoff’s real estate development company.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s delegation in Florida wanted to hear from the American side on the negotiations in the Kremlin.

Zelensky, along with European leaders who support him, have repeatedly accused Putin of blocking peace talks as the Russian military tries to press ahead with its invasion. Zelensky said in a video speech Thursday evening that officials wanted to know “what other pretexts Putin has found to prolong the war and put pressure on Ukraine.”

Speaking to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Friday, Ushakov praised Kushner’s potential role in ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“If a plan leading to a settlement is put on paper, it will be Mr. Kushner’s pen that will lead the way,” Ushakov said.

The senior Russian official’s flattering comments about Kushner come as Putin seeks to sow division between Mr. Trump, Ukraine and Europe, at a time when Mr. Trump’s impatience with the conflict is growing. Putin, who paid a state visit to India on Thursdaytold an Indian media outlet that his five-hour talks this week with Witkoff and Kushner were “necessary” and “useful” but that some proposals were unacceptable.

Kushner, who is married to Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka, served as a senior adviser to Mr. Trump during his first term and was the president’s point person in crafting the Abraham Accords, which formalized trade and diplomatic relations between Israel and a trio of Arab countries.

Kushner played a more informal role in Trump’s second presidency, but he helped Witkoff close negotiations on ceasefire and hostages between Israel and Hamas this fall. Mr. Trump again asked Kushner to team up with Witkoff to try to find an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.