Amid intense international diplomacy aimed at ending the war by year's end, the stakes were high as European leaders joined a summit in Berlin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with European leaders in London today after talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators came to a halt with no breakthrough. Follow for live updates

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is finalizing a revised peace proposal that he will deliver to the U.S. soon, hinting at potential progress as President Trump increases pressure on

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.

Oleg Tatarov, deputy Head of the office of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, will be fired. This was announced on December 13 by Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Alexei Goncharenko (listed as an extremist and terrorist in the Russian Federation).

Ukraine said its forces have encircled Russian troops around the frontline city of Kupiansk, “liberating” nearby settlements as President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared on the ground in body armor to hail fresh battlefield gains.

President Zelensky suggested that Ukrainians would be allowed to vote on whether to hand over the Donbas region that Russia has repeatedly demanded as a way to secure an end to the war.