India, Dec. 16 -- United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that an agreement aimed to end Russia's war in Ukraine is "closer than ever". Reporting his team's progress in Berlin, the US president stated that a deal is closer than "we have been ever".

Trump's remarks come at a White House event after he called into a dinner in Berlin at which US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were holding talks with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders.

More details are awaited.

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