Trump optimistic after Ukraine talks as Rubio says ‘more work’ needed

HALLANDALE BEACH, United States — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday there was a “good chance” of a deal to end the war in Ukraine after the latest U.S. negotiations with Kyiv, as his envoy prepares to travel to Russia for follow-up talks. After hours of what both sides called “productive” discussions in Hallandale Beach, north of Miami, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that more work was required, and a source in Kyiv’s delegation characterized the discussions as “not easy.” The talks, which come as Kyiv battles military pressure and reels from a domestic corruption scandal, set the stage for a visit to Moscow by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, who is expected to discuss Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Washington has put forward a plan to end the nearly four-year conflict and is seeking to finalize it with Moscow and Kyiv’s approval. “Ukraine’s got some difficult little problems,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, referring to a corruption probe that recently forced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sack his chief of staff and top

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