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Ukraine, US, and Europe: The race for a truce before Christmas

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December 12, 2025

Could it really happen? Why you shouldn’t hold your breath for a quick ceasefire in Ukraine: In this episode of Berlin Briefing, host Michaela Küfner discusses the current flurry of diplomacy between Washington, Berlin, Kyiv, and Moscow over Trump’s revised plan for Ukraine, and what the new US security strategy means for Europeans and the future of the transatlantic partnership.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Intro

01:00 Trump on Europe

03:10 Ukraine talks

08:33 China’s role

12:16 US national security strategy

15:46 JD Vance’s speech at MSC 2025

19:40 NATO

25:00 Friedrich Merz

27:08 AfD

32:28 Predictions

34:00 End

 

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