Volodymyr Zelensky met recently in Berlin with United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and European leaders to discuss a United States-presented package of security guarantees aimed at deterring further Russian attacks and spurring negotiations toward a ceasefire.European leaders agreed a declaration to back a European-led multinational force supported by the United States and pledged long-term rebuilding of Ukraine’s armed forces at roughly eight hundred thousand personnel, while United States negotiators pursued a separate twenty-eight-point plan that included proposals on frozen Russian assets and a United States-led verification and early-warning mechanism.Key questions remain unresolved, including the legal strength of guarantees, whether multinational forces will operate inside sovereign Ukrainian territory, how enforcement would work and how territorial issues will be decided, and negotiators said intensive legal drafting, operational planning and diplomacy will be required before any deal can be presented to Moscow.