Ukraine: Zelenskyy to meet US, European officials in Berlin

The Ukrainian president is to come to Germany for the latest talks on ending the invasion of his country. US special envoy Witkoff is expected to join the negotiations, but Russia will not be represented. DW has more.

• The negotiations will focus 'on a possible ceasefire in Ukraine,' according to German government sources
• Washington has been putting growing pressure on Kyiv to reach a peace agreement with Moscow 
• The talks come a day after massive Russian attacks in the south of Ukraine left more than a million households without power 
• Meanwhile, Ukraine says Russian forces have again attacked a Turkish cargo ship in the Black Sea 

Read below for the main headlines from Russia's war in Ukraine on Sunday, December 14, 2025.