Talks in Berlin: Will Zelenskyy renounce Ukraine's NATO membership?

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Talks in Berlin: Will Zelenskyy renounce Ukraine's NATO membership?  President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prepared to renounce NATO membership if there are security guarantees. US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are also present at the major Berlin meeting on the war in Ukraine.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/12/14/talks-in-berlin-will-zelenskyy-renounce-ukraines-nato-membership  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. envoys arrived in Berlin on Sunday for more talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

00:11Zelensky voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees,

00:19but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia.

00:24Zelensky sat down with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff,

00:31Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

00:36Zelensky said security guarantees must be legally binding and backed by the U.S. Congress.

00:43He said he expected an update after talks between Ukrainian and U.S. military officials in Stuttgart.

00:49Putin's foreign affairs advisor Yuri Ushakov warned that the U.S. proposals that took into account Russian demands

00:57had been worsened by alterations proposed by Ukraine and its European allies.

01:03Talks are expected to continue in the coming hours, with numerous European, EU and NATO leaders due to join.

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