[UPDATE-Dec 17] US-Ukraine Talks on Crisis Settlement in Berlin Were ‘Confidential’

[UPDATE-Dec 16] Berlin talks offer no clarity on Ukraine security guarantees Despite the official remarks made by European and US officials, the talks in Berlin did not resolve the key issues of security guarantees and possible territorial concessions from the Ukrainian side, the Bild newspaper reported, citing Ukrainian sources. The paper’s Deputy Editor-in-Chief and correspondent Paul Ronzheimer noted that the official statements differ significantly from behind-the-scenes conversations. “It is the same as last time, the Europeans hope that together they could gain [US President Donald] Trump’s support and prevent the implementation of the anti-Ukrainian peace plan,” a Ukrainian government source…