President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Axios reporter Barak Ravid he hopes to agree with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday on a framework for ending the Russia-Ukraine war, stating he is willing to put the agreement to a referendum if Russia accepts a 60-day ceasefire, according to Ravid's X post published at 6:10 PM UTC on December 26. Ravid shared the details from his interview with Zelenskyy, linking to the full Axios article at https://www.axios.com/2025/12/26/zelensky-ukraine-plan-referendum-trump-meeting, in a post timestamped within the 29-minute reporting window from 5:45:54 PM to 6:15:42 PM UTC. This statement follows Zelenskyy's earlier X post during the prior reporting window ending at 4:45 PM UTC on December 26, where he linked Ukrainian military achievements, including the Kupyansk operation, to successes in negotiations and announced awards to Security and Defense Forces members.
