As U.S. and Ukrainian delegations for end-of-war talks arrived in Berlin on the 14th, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, urged a "freeze of the current front lines."
According to AFP on the 14th, President Zelenskyy told reporters while heading to Berlin that he will meet both the U.S. side and the European side in Berlin tomorrow, and said the end-of-war plan must be as fair as possible for Ukraine.
Zelenskyy went on to say, "The fairest option is to 'hold the current positions.' Because it is a cease-fire, that is the truth," adding, "We know Russia does not view this positively. We hope the U.S. side will support us."
The U.S. administration of Donald Trump is mediating end-of-war talks, shuttling between Russia and Ukraine. The United States is demanding, as Russia has requested, that Ukraine hand over the entire eastern Donbas region to Russia, including key military strongholds currently under occupation. Ukraine is rejecting this.
In Berlin this weekend, Steve Witkoff, President Trump's special envoy leading the end of the war in Ukraine, will meet with President Zelenskyy and other European leaders to discuss a proposal for ending the war. Trump's eldest son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will also take part in the meeting.