Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was set to push on with talks in Berlin on Monday with US President Donald Trump's envoys on how to end the grinding war with Russia.

As the conflict raged on, Zelensky's delegation huddled for over five hours on Sunday with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Witkoff said afterwards on X that "a lot of progress was made, and they will meet again tomorrow morning."

Their meeting was held under tight security in the chancellery in Berlin, where Germany's leader Friedrich Merz was Monday due to host a dinner with Zelensky, a group of European leaders and the NATO and EU chiefs.

An AFP photographer saw the Ukrainian leader leave the chancellery shortly before 9:00 pm (2000 GMT).

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