"An official briefed on the talks told AFP on Monday that US negotiators still want Ukraine to cede control of the eastern Donbas region as a condition of peace talks with Russia, a red line for Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir "Putin wants territory," the official said, adding that the United States was demanding that Ukraine "withdraw" from the regions - and that Kyiv was "not agreeing" to this demand."
"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, hosting the crisis diplomacy in Berlin, was to meet Zelensky before they were to be joined in the evening by European leaders and the heads of NATO and the European Union in a show of support for Ukraine. Central Berlin has been turned into a high-security zone with road closures for motorcades and police snipers on rooftops, dog patrols on the streets and anti-drone units surveying the skies."
Volodymyr Zelensky held high-stakes talks in Berlin with envoys of US President Donald Trump, including Jared Kushner, seeking a ceasefire without prior territorial concessions to Russia. Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said "a lot of progress" had been made, while an official briefed on the talks said US negotiators wanted Ukraine to cede control of the eastern Donbas, a demand Kyiv rejects as a red line. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hosted meetings and planned a wider evening gathering of European, NATO and EU leaders to demonstrate support. Central Berlin was secured with road closures, rooftop snipers, dog patrols and anti-drone units amid intensive negotiations.
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