Zelenskyy to meet US, European officials in Berlin – DW – 12/14/2025

Ahead of talks with US and European officials in Berlin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it is critical that the negotiations deliver results.

“Ukraine needs peace on dignified terms, and we are ready to work as constructively as possible,” he wrote on X on Sunday.

“The coming days will be filled with diplomacy. It is critically important that it delivers results,” he added.

Earlier in his statement, he wrote that “hundreds of thousands of families are still without electricity in Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Sumy, and Dnipro regions” following Russian strikes.

“Russia is dragging out the war and seeks to inflict as much harm as possible on our people,” he wrote. “In total, the Russians launched more than 1,500 attack drones, nearly 900 guided aerial bombs, and 46 missiles of various types against Ukraine this week.”

Zelenskyy’s remarks came as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were reported to have arrived in Berlin for the talks.