Volodymyr Zelensky met United States emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in recent Berlin talks to review a United States-presented package of security guarantees meant to deter further Russian attacks and spur ceasefire negotiations.Negotiators said they had narrowed gaps on roughly ninety percent of an earlier twenty-point draft while working on a later twenty-eight-point plan that links a European-led multinational force supported by noncombat United States participation with a United States-led monitoring and verification mechanism using United States intelligence and satellite capabilities.European leaders and Ukrainian officials stressed that any deal must include legally binding guarantees, robust enforcement arrangements, major investment for reconstruction funded in part by frozen Russian assets and clear protections that preclude territorial concessions without Ukrainian consent.