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A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine鈥檚 emergency service said Saturday, as聽a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida聽for talks on a聽U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war.

The discussions are part of the Trump administration's monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week. Ukraine's chief negotiator said late Friday that his delegation had completed separate meetings in the U.S. with American and European partners.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said much will depend on the U.S. posture after discussions with the Russians.

Speaking at a news conference in Kyiv with Portuguese Prime Minister Lu铆s Montenegro, Mr. Zelenskyy said that 鈥渢he key question remains how the United States responds after consultations with the Russians. At this point, I honestly don鈥檛 know, but I will know later today.鈥�

Hours later, answering journalists鈥� questions via a WhatsApp chat, Mr. Zelenskyy said the Trump administration had floated a trilateral meeting in Miami involving the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia. But he said thorny issues remained.

鈥淭he most difficult issues were and remain Ukraine鈥檚 territories. Next is the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. 鈥� The third issue is funding for reconstruction. There are also several technical questions regarding security guarantees, monitoring formats, and so on,鈥� he said.

The nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, has been under Russian occupation since the early days of the war, and has repeatedly lost power supply as a result of the fighting, sparking safety fears.

Ukraine and Portugal signed an agreement to establish joint聽production of maritime drones,聽Mr. Zelenskyy said at the news conference with Portuguese PM Montenegro. 鈥淭his is one of the most promising areas of defense cooperation. What matters now is delivering results, and all parts of Europe must have sufficient capabilities to counter any threats,鈥� he said.

Ukraine targets a Russian oil rig and a patrol ship

Some of those wounded in Odesa were on a bus at the center of the strike late Friday, the emergency service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot and cars were also damaged.

The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.

Moscow did not immediately acknowledge reports of the attack. The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that over the previous day, it had struck unspecified 鈥渢ransport and storage infrastructure used by the Ukrainian armed forces,鈥� along with energy facilities and those supplying Kyiv's war effort.

Elsewhere, Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil rig, the military patrol ship Okhotnik and other facilities, Ukraine鈥檚 General Staff said in a statement Saturday. It said the ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage was still being clarified, it said.

The drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

There was no immediate comment from the Russian government or Lukoil. The company is one of two Russian oil majors 鈥� alongside state-owned Gazprom 鈥斅爐argeted by recent U.S. sanctions聽that aim to deprive Moscow of oil export revenue that helps it sustain the war.

Kyiv has used similar arguments to justify months of聽long-range strikes on Russian oil infrastructure, which it says both funds and directly fuels the Kremlin's all-out invasion, soon to enter its fifth year.

Trump's peace push set to continue Saturday

U.S. President Donald Trump has unleashed an extensive聽diplomatic push聽to end the war, but his efforts have run into sharply聽conflicting demands聽by Moscow and Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has recently signaled聽he is digging in on his maximalist demands on Ukraine, as Moscow's troops inch forward on the battlefield despite huge losses.

On Friday, Mr. Putin聽voiced confidence聽that the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn鈥檛 agree to Russia鈥檚 conditions in peace talks.

European Union leaders聽on Friday agreed to provide 90 billion euros ($106 billion) to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, although they failed to bridge differences with Belgium that would have allowed them to聽use frozen Russian assets聽to raise the funds. Instead, they were borrowed on capital markets.

After almost four years of war, the International Monetary Fund estimates that Ukraine will need 137 billion euros ($161 billion) in 2026 and 2027. The government in Kyiv is on the verge of bankruptcy, and desperately needs the money by spring.

Meanwhile,聽Kirill Dmitriev, who heads Russia鈥檚 sovereign wealth fund, is set to meet with Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump鈥檚 son-in-law Jared Kushner in Miami on Saturday,聽according to a U.S. official.聽The official spoke on condition of anonymity to preview a meeting that hasn鈥檛 yet been publicly announced.

The official said Mr. Witkoff and Mr. Kushner will sit down with Mr. Dmitriev, after meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin for talks on聽U.S. security guarantees for Kyiv,聽territorial concessions聽and other aspects of the American-authored plan.

Ukraine鈥檚 chief negotiator Rustem Umerov said late Friday that a Ukrainian delegation had met with American and European partners in the U.S. He gave few details, but said they agreed to continue 鈥渏oint work in the near future.鈥�

Asked about the meeting in Miami, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday that Moscow was preparing for contacts with the U.S. to learn about the results of the meetings in Berlin, but he didn鈥檛 give details.

This story was reported by the Associated Press. AP writers Matthew Lee in Washington and Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, contributed to this report.