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'Truly remarkable' progress in Ukraine peace talks
European leaders have called for a "multinational force" to secure Ukraine after any peace deal with Russia, as they struck an optimistic tone after talks in Berlin.
In a joint statement, they heralded "significant progress" - boosted by a new US commitment to provide unspecified security guarantees to Ukraine. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the guarantees by the US as "truly remarkable" and a "very important advancement".
Adding to the positive mood music, Donald Trump said he believed "we are closer now than we have been ever" to agreeing a ceasefire for the deadliest conflict in Europe since the Second World War. The comments round off two days of talks in Berlin between Ukrainian and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and a separate meeting of European leaders in the German capital.
Another high-level meeting, this time of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, will be held on Tuesday. The British defence secretary, John Healey, will attend.
Read more: UK's 'sons and daughters' need to be ready to fight Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not quite as cheery after Monday's developments, called the talks on conceding territories to Russia "painful" and "very difficult". He told reporters in Berlin: "Frankly speaking, we still have different positions." Earlier, his security officials claimed to have dealt a lethal strike to a $400m (£299m) Russian submarine in the Black Sea - a claim that Russia rejected.
"The information from the Ukrainian special services about the alleged destruction of one of Russia's submarines is not true.
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