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 […]

The talks come as the US pushes Ukraine to accept its plan for implementing a ceasefire.

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.

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.

Russia has rejected a proposal to hold a referendum to let Ukrainians decide on giving up territory in the eastern Donbas region, much of which Moscow claims to control, highlighting a key sticking point as negotiators head to Berlin for high stakes talks aimed at ending Russia's war on Ukraine.