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News,16 Dec 2025,28 mins

Will Russia accept US-Ukraine peace proposals?

Ukrainecast

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Volodymyr Zelensky has been in Berlin discussing peace proposals with the US, and he says they will be ready to present to Russia 鈥榳ithin days鈥�. Today, he addressed European leaders The Netherlands' House of Representatives in The Hague. We also discuss why Italy has joined Belgium in its opposition to the EU鈥檚 plan to send 鈧�210 billion of Russia's frozen state assets to Ukraine. Victoria and Vitaly are joined by 麻豆社鈥檚 international editor Jeremy Bowen to discuss why there is good reason to remain wary of an imminent robust peace deal. Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko The producers were Laurie Kalus and Julia Webster. The technical producer was Jonny Hall. The series producer is Chris Flynn. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480 You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast鈥檚 Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord

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