{"id":1333237,"date":"2025-12-15T21:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/truce-becomes-possible-statements-by-zelensky-and-the-german-chancellor\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:01:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:01:54","slug":"truce-becomes-possible-statements-by-zelensky-and-the-german-chancellor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/truce-becomes-possible-statements-by-zelensky-and-the-german-chancellor\/","title":{"rendered":"Truce becomes possible: statements by Zelensky and the German Chancellor"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the increasing chances of a temporary ceasefire and progress in developing security guarantees for Ukraine.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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He noted this during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Suspilne reports<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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The German Chancellor said that for the first time since the start of the full-scale war, a ceasefire looks like a realistic scenario. According to him, only the president of Ukraine can make final decisions on territorial issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Merz stressed that Germany supports the idea of a just truce with clear security guarantees from the US and Europe. He stressed that any agreements must take into account Ukraine’s European prospects and create conditions for its recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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President Zelensky confirmed that the negotiating teams are continuing to work today on the parameters of a possible ceasefire. He noted that the American partners have clearly understood Ukraine’s position, although differences with Russia over territories remain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to Zelensky, the United States can play the role of a mediator and offer options for steps to find a compromise. The president also stated that Ukraine is interested in the United States continuing to be a mediator in the negotiation process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Separately, Zelenskyy reported on progress in developing security guarantees based on the model of NATO’s Article 5. According to him, these guarantees currently exist in the form of a first draft, and the issue of monitoring the ceasefire will become their component.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier it was reported that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that he does not rule out the possibility of a temporary ceasefire for Christmas in Russia’s war against Ukraine.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We remind you that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the Netherlands tomorrow and hold talks with the country’s leadership.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the increasing chances of a temporary ceasefire and progress in developing security guarantees for Ukraine. He noted this during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Suspilne reports . The German Chancellor said that for the first time since the start of the full-scale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1333258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1333237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1333258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}