Trump said earlier “a lot of work” had been done between the United States and Russia on settling the three-year Ukraine conflict, and that there was a “very good chance” hostilities would end.
Kyiv has agreed to the ceasefire, while its European allies have criticised Putin for not committing to an unconditional and immediate halt in fighting, with the UK accusing the Russian leader of “dragging his feet”.
Trump said the two would discuss “land” and power plants: an apparent reference to the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in south Ukraine.
The US president last spoke to Putin last month in a call that broke Western efforts to isolate the Russian leader as long as his forces keep up their Ukraine offensive.
Witkoff told CNN he expected some sort of deal in the “coming weeks”.
On Saturday, Zelensky warned that Moscow wanted to first “improve their situation on the battlefield” before agreeing to any ceasefire.
Moscow has been pressing ahead in several areas of the front for over a year.
Russia has also in the past two weeks mounted a major counter offensive against Ukrainian troops in its Kursk region.
Russia has said it has moved several hundred civilians that were previously trapped in Kyiv-held areas.
“Planes were dropping bombs near my vegetable patch. I nearly died because of bombs, mortar fire and drones,“ the 52-year-old told AFP.
Zelensky replaced his army’s chief of general staff last week as Kyiv’s front line troops continued to struggle.
After a brief lull in drone fire last week, both sides appeared to have stepped up attacks on Monday.
Around 500 people in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa lost power because of the attacks, and one person was wounded there, governor Oleg Kiper said, adding several buildings were damaged, including a pre-school.
Among Putin’s demands are that Ukraine never join the NATO military alliance, that European peacekeepers not be deployed on Ukrainian territory, and that Moscow be allowed to keep all the land it currently occupies.
Zelensky has pushed back at Putin’s demands, saying the Russian leader does not really want peace.
“We really want America to somehow influence Russia’s friendship with Ukraine,“ she told AFP.
“Both Russians and Ukrainians are Slavs. It’s just some kind of fratricide going on.”
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