Rustem Umierov, Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, has said he expects that Kyiv and Washington will have agreed on common positions by the end of the day, bringing peace closer.

US officials say Russia is open to Ukraine joining the EU, as talks led by Washington reach agreement on about 90 per cent of a proposed peace plan to end the Ukraine war.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they’ll meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for postwar Ukraine.

US officials are headed to Berlin for a high-stakes sit-down Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders – as Washington presses for an elusive peace deal to end the

Ukraine's leader said Wednesday he anticipates handing over a revised peace proposal to the US "in the near future."

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine was expected to give its latest peace proposals to U.S. negotiators Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day ahead of his urgent talks with leaders and officials from about 30 other countries supporting Kyiv’s effort to end the war with Russia on acceptable terms.

A Ukrainian peace plan, sent this week to Washington, pushes back against President Trump’s proposal that Ukraine give up more land for peace, although Russia is unlikely to accept it.

Deadly shelling across Ukraine from December 9 to December 11 killed 14 civilians and wounded 78 others in the northern Sumy, eastern Donetsk, southern Kherson and eastern Kharkiv regions. Zelenskiy visits Kupiansk as Ukraine retakes parts of the frontline town.