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<img src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6e925429-95bc-47fd-9c73-ed13bcb7f7f8,1765736791081…; alt="Police officers cordon off a heavily damaged building." width="620" height="349" title="Police officers work at the site of the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer"><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday voiced readiness to drop his country's bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he held talks with U.S. envoys on</p>
<img src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/5f897d5b-3b08-43c0-b0a4-f37577cc622f,1765279320254…; alt="A bearded man in dark clothing shakes hands with the pope, who is bespectacled, wearing a skull cap and dressed in white." width="620" height="349" title="Pope Leo XIV and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands at Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, December 9, 2025. "><p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine and its European partners will soon be ready to present to the U.S. "refined documents" on a peace plan to end the nearly four-year war with Russia, though it is not yet clear how amenable</p>