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US President Donald Trump's advice to Ukraine to "move quickly" comes ahead of fresh talks expected in Miami, Florida. The Miami talks come after two days of negotiations with the Ukrainian delegation in Berlin,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly.
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia was preparing for contacts with the United States to get details about U.S. talks with European powers and Ukraine on a possible peace settlement to end the Ukraine conflict.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says peace proposals for U.S. officials to present to Russia could be finalized within days.
Russian President Vladimir Putin declares Russia's Ukraine war goals will be achieved through negotiations or military force as diplomatic efforts.
Top Senate Republicans sent a letter asking President Trump to allow Kyiv to purchase American weapons using the roughly $5 billion in frozen Russian funds in the US as the Kremlin resists the
Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that an International Claims Commission for Ukraine launched by some European powers had no legal force for Russia and was driven by an attempt by European countries to spread propaganda against Russia.
But part is because Ukraine is keeping secret the methods it hopes will help it regain a winning edge elsewhere. Participants refuse to say how they circumvented the all-seeing eyes and kill-zones of the modern battlefield.
Ukraine claimed it carried out an underwater drone strike on Dec. 15, the first such attack in maritime warfare, that critically damaged a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine at the Russian port of Novorossiysk,
European leaders gather in Brussels to decide on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine for the next two years.