Ukraine diplomacy: Ukraine consultations with US delegation in Berlin | EUROtoday

A US delegation arrived in Berlin this morning to debate a ceasefire in Ukraine. As a photographer from the German Press Agency noticed, US particular envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived at a resort within the heart of the federal capital within the morning.

The talks between representatives of the USA and Ukraine on an finish to the Russian struggle of aggression will proceed at this time in Berlin with European participation. Negotiations will initially happen at advisor degree and behind closed doorways. German negotiators are additionally anticipated to participate within the talks. It just isn’t but publicly identified which particular proposals are at the moment on the desk.

According to dpa reporters, former Defense Minister Rustem Umjerow was among the many Ukrainians who arrived in Berlin within the morning and have been greeted on the Chancellery by Günter Sautter, the international and safety coverage advisor to Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU). He drove with Sautter to the resort the place the US delegation had beforehand stayed. Umyerov is Zelensky’s chief negotiator and secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj additionally confirmed his participation in talks in Berlin. Government spokesman Stefan Kornelius introduced on Friday that Merz would initially obtain him for German-Ukrainian financial talks on Monday.

At the start of December, Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin then remained keen to barter, however emphasised that Russia had the strategic initiative on the battlefield – and will use army power to attain its struggle objectives if a diplomatic settlement failed.