Pakistan, Dec. 16 -- US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a deal on a ceasefire in Ukraine was closer than ever, following high-level talks in Berlin. The discussions come amid people of Ukraine to US pressure to make territorial concessions to Russia.

Washington has offered Nato-style security guarantees to Kyiv as part of a potential ceasefire framework. Britain, France, and Germany have also proposed deploying a European force to monitor any ceasefire agreement.

US envoys conveyed the unprecedented security guarantee during meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin. However, they cautioned that the offer would not remain open indefinitely if progress stalled.

European and American negotiators reported p...