‘A CRITICAL MOMENT’: Negotiations have reached a furious pace in Berlin, where for a third day Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been trying to hammer out a response to the U.S.-proposed peace plan that would be acceptable to President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian people.

Zelensky told journalists, before meeting with U.S. envoys, via WhatsApp that he was willing to let go of Ukraine's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - a goal the nation has set its e

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The NATO issue is what the Kremlin describes as one of the "root causes" of its war in Ukraine.

Ukraine will ask the US for more sanctions pressure on Russia and additional weapons, including long-range, if Moscow rejects diplomatic efforts to end the war, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said. Ukraine supports the idea of a ceasefire, in particular for energy strikes, during the Christmas period, he told reporters in a WhatsApp chat.

The U.S. has agreed to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end Russia’s nearly four-year war, and more talks are likely this weekend, U.S. officials said