Britain, France and Germany have been working to refine US proposals for an end to the fighting with Russia, which in a draft disclosed last month called for Kyiv to cede more territory, abandon its NATO ambitions and accept limits on its armed forces.

BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin on Sunday for another round of talks intended to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv stuck to their sharply opposite views of a prospective peace deal. U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. envoys are in Berlin for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met US President Donald Trump's envoys for talks on how to end the war with Russia, kicking off two days of crisis diplomacy in Berlin.

This is a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join NATO as a safeguard against Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoys completed more than five hours of negotiations in Berlin on December 14 with no indication of potential results revealed, only that talks would continue the following day.

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

“The key thing is that all the steps we agree on with partners must work in practice to deliver guaranteed security,” Zelenskyy said.

US and Ukrainian negotiators will again meet for high-stakes peace talks -- this time in Berlin -- as disagreements persist over territorial control and security guarantees and as Russia intensifies attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure sites.