Officials from the United States and Ukraine issued a joint assessment on Sunday characterizing the latest round of peace negotiations in Miami as "productive and constructive," although no substantive breakthrough was announced in the ongoing efforts to resolve the nearly four-year conflict with Russia.

Ukraine’s abandonment of NATO aspirations after years of war with Russia reflects Western retreat, US strategic realignment, European weakness, and a familiar pattern of using and discarding allies.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories, 1600 GMT on December 19, 2025.

European Union leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan but have chosen not to use frozen Russian assets.

Ayatollah Khamenei stresses that US policy consistently fuels wars, exploits allies, and abandons them – with Ukraine as the latest example of America’s destructive and deceptive interventionism.

A five-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff ends without any compromise on a plan to resolve the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.

This episode ponders whether peace is imminent or not as the Ukraine war approaches its fourth year.