Kyiv will not accept any peace agreement to end Russia’s full-scale invasion that puts Ukraine's Donbas region under Moscow’s control, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president made the comments after Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov had said that Kyiv and Washington had made "real progress" during two-day talks in Berlin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that his country may give up its dream of joining NATO, at least temporarily, for an end to the war and security guarantees.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that, for now, there is no talk of holding a referendum in addressing the territorial issue, specifically Donbas. — Ukrinform.

Zelensky said on Sunday he was already in Berlin ahead of talks with a U.S. delegation on Monday. Axios reported on Friday he would meet with President Donald Trump's Russia envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in Germany.

In an interview with Politico, President Trump again pressed Zelensky to accept the U.S. proposal that Ukraine cede territory to Russia, arguing that Moscow retains the 'upper hand.'

The United States has a plan for Ukrainian troops to withdraw from Donetsk province and the creation of a economic zone off limits to Russian forces.

But Ukraine’s leader griped that overall, the negotiations aimed at ending Kremlin’s deadly aggression aren’t about giving his people a “fair” deal.

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EADaily, December 15th, 2025. During a joint press conference of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, the translator incorrectly translated the word troops.