This was reported in a Financial Times publication.One of the stumbling blocks in peace negotiations is Russia’s demand that Ukraine give up territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in exchange for freezing the front line in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. However, Kyiv insists it will not cede any territory.According to two people familiar with the matter, at the White House on Monday Zelenskyy and European leaders compared giving away the remaining part of Donetsk region to Trump giving up eastern Florida – the state where the U.S. leader’s Mar-a-Lago estate is located.The sources told the newspaper that this analogy impressed the U.S. president.It should be noted that on Monday, August 18, after a conversation with Kremlin leader Putin, Trump announced that he was beginning preparations for a meeting between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia.The European Union’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas stressed that only reliable security guarantees for Ukraine would deter Russia from a potential future attack.And the leaders of the Coalition of the Willing at a meeting on Tuesday, August 19, agreed to hold negotiations with the United States in the near future on "reliable security guarantees" for Ukraine.