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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Sunday (December 14, 2025) helium hoped the United States would backmost the thought of freezing the beforehand enactment successful Ukraine on its existent signifier astatine their gathering successful Berlin. He said helium was acceptable for "dialogue" astatine the latest circular of high-stakes talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy and European leaders connected ending the warfare with Russia.
He arrived successful Berlin connected Sunday evening (December 14) for 2 days of talks with European leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys connected ending the warfare with Russia.
"The fairest imaginable enactment is to 'stay wherever we are'. This is existent due to the fact that it is simply a ceasefire... I cognize that Russia does not presumption this positively, and I would similar the Americans to enactment america connected this issue," Zelenskyy told reporters soon earlier arriving successful Berlin.
Mr. Trump has been stepping up unit connected Kyiv to scope an statement since revealing a program to extremity the warfare past period that was criticised arsenic echoing Moscow's demands, including that Ukraine cede important territory.
The connection has triggered a flurry of diplomacy betwixt the United States and Ukraine's European allies, with Kyiv officials precocious saying they had sent Washington a revised version.
Mr. Zelenskyy said connected Sunday (December 14) helium had not received a effect from Washington connected Ukraine's amendments, but added: "I americium receiving each the signals and volition beryllium acceptable for the dialog that volition statesman today."
"The acme successful Berlin is important. We are gathering with some the Americans and the Europeans... And contiguous these meetings are taking spot successful Berlin, contiguous and tomorrow," Mr. Zelenskyy added.
A White House authoritative confirmed to AFP connected Friday (December 12) that Mr. Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff would conscionable with Mr. Zelenskyy and European leaders implicit the play to sermon the presumption of bid negotiations.
"The astir important happening is that the program should beryllium arsenic just arsenic possible, archetypal and foremost for Ukraine, due to the fact that Russia started the war," Mr. Zelenskyy said connected Sunday (December 14).
While warring raged connected successful Ukraine, Zelensky was expected to beryllium greeted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz who connected Monday is besides owed to big different European leaders, among them Britain’s Keir Starmer, and the heads of NATO and the EU.
Mr. Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were seen entering a Berlin edifice connected Sunday (December 14), arsenic were apical Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and a German elder official, Bild regular reported.
The German chancellery and the U,S. embassy, contacted by AFP, declined to remark connected that meeting.
The latest propulsion successful the efforts to enactment an extremity to the warfare that has killed tens of thousands since Russia invaded successful 2022 comes arsenic Kyiv reported caller aerial strikes.
