President Donald Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida for peace talks.

The two leaders were photographed greeting each other before heading indoors for an anticipated meeting on Monday (AEDT).

“We have the making of a deal,” Trump told reporters.

Zelensky said he hoped the talks would “bring peace as quick as possible”.

They were to discuss the US-brokered 20-point plan to bring peace in Ukraine.

The Kremlin said Russian ​President Vladimir Putin and Trump did not support a European-Ukrainian push for a temporary ceasefire ahead ⁠of a settlement.

Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said that a call between Putin and Trump lasted one hour and 15 minutes and took place at the request of Trump ahead of Trump’s meeting with ‌Zelensky.

“The main thing ​is that the presidents of Russia and the United States hold similar views that the ‍option of a temporary ceasefire proposed by the Ukrainians and the Europeans under the pretext of preparing for a referendum or under other pretexts only leads to a prolongation of the conflict and is fraught with renewed hostilities,” Ushakov said.

Ushakov said that for hostilities to end, Kyiv needed to make a “bold decision” in line with ​Russian-US discussions on Donbas.

“Given the current situation on the ‌fronts, it would make sense for the Ukrainian regime to make this decision regarding Donbas.”

Russia, which controls 90 per cent of Donbas, wants Ukraine ​to withdraw its forces from the 10 per cent of the area that Kyiv’s forces still control. Overall, Russia ‍controls about a fifth of Ukraine.

Trump has repeatedly promised to end the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two and his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner have been negotiating ​with Russia, ​Ukraine and European powers.

Ukraine and its ​European allies are worried that Trump could sell out Ukraine ​and leave European powers to foot the bill for supporting a devastated Ukraine after Russian forces took 12-17 sq km of Ukraine per day in 2025.

“Donald Trump listened attentively to Russian assessments of the real prospects for reaching an agreement,” Ushakov said.

“Trump persistently pursued the idea that it was really necessary to end the war as soon as possible, and spoke about the impressive prospects for economic cooperation between the United States and ‍Russia and Ukraine that were opening up.”