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Ukraine peace talks in Berlin focus on security guarantees

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Myles Tweedie | Bernd Riegert
December 16, 2025

Washington officials say the US has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia's nearly four-year war.

European leaders met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Berlin to push for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. Talks were tense but productive, with Washington proposing security guarantees in exchange for Kyiv dropping NATO ambitions. Zelenskyy rejected ceding eastern territories, while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged Moscow to accept a joint peace plan. US officials say that 90% of issues are resolved, but no date has been set for talks with Russia yet.

Bernd Riegert Senior Correspondent in Berlin with a focus on people and politics in Germany
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