Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Berlin Sunday for two days of talks with European leaders and US President Donald Trump's envoys on ending the war with Russia.

While fighting raged on in Ukraine, Zelensky was expected to be greeted by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz who on Monday is also due to host other European leaders, among them Britain's Keir Starmer, and the heads of NATO and the EU.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner were seen entering a Berlin hotel on Sunday, as were top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov and a German senior official, Bild daily reported.

The German chancellery and the US embassy, contacted by AFP, declined to comment on that meeting.

As he headed to Germany, Zelensky said Sunday he was ready fo

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