{"id":631915,"date":"2025-12-14T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/631915\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T12:43:13","slug":"zelenskyy-calls-for-dignified-peace-ahead-of-berlin-talks-as-russia-ukraine-trade-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/631915\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Calls For ‘Dignified’ Peace Ahead Of Berlin Talks As Russia, Ukraine Trade Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a “dignified” peace for his country as crucial talks with US envoys and European leaders kick off in Berlin, and Russia and Ukraine continued to trade strikes.<\/p>\n

The December 14-15 negotiations are aimed at ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine, which has become the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the talks, Russia has intensified attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure as disagreements over territorial control and security guarantees persist.<\/p>\n

“Ukraine needs peace on dignified terms, and we are ready to work as constructively as possible,” Zelenskyy wrote on X<\/strong><\/a>. “The coming days will be filled with diplomacy. It is critically important that it delivers results.”<\/p>\n

The agenda for the meeting in Berlin is vague. But US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have arrived in the German capital.<\/p>\n

The presence of Witkoff — who has led negotiations with Kyiv and Moscow on a US peace proposal — at the talks is a signal that Washington expects some chance of progress toward ending the nearly four-year war, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n

Russia, Ukraine Continue Strikes<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the diplomacy to end the war hastened, attacks continued in Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

A Russian drone attack on a shopping center in Zaporizhzhya wounded six people, including a child and a rescuer.<\/p>\n

A statement by the Ukrainian General Staff said its drone attacks hit a Russian oil depot in Uriupinsk, Volgograd region, and an oil refinery in Afipsky, Krasnodar region.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said the Russians launched more than 1,500 attack drones, nearly 900 guided aerial bombs, and 46 missiles of various types against Ukraine this week.<\/p>\n

“Russia is dragging out the war and seeks to inflict as much harm as possible on our people,” he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on December 13, Ukraine accused Russia of hitting a Turkish ship transporting sunflower oil in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andriy Sybiha, said<\/strong><\/a> Russia’s attack was “an attack on the freedom of navigation and global food security.”<\/p>\n

With reporting by Reuters, DPA<\/p>\n