Alex Ritson

The BBC's Katie Silver gave us this update from Bondi Beach.

Katie Silva.

Now to Berlin, where peace talks continue, all with the aim of ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

The US has offered Ukraine what it calls NATO-like security guarantees to safeguard an eventual ceasefire.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke to the Dutch parliament in The Hague.

Every single detail matters.

Why?

Because not a single detail must become a reward for Russia's aggression.

It is progress for Ukraine in that you have the senior U.S.

envoy, Steve Witkoff, now appearing, happy to pose in photos of Volodymyr Zelensky.

You know, he is claimed to be handling these negotiations in an even-handed manner.

But the fact is he's visited Moscow six times.

And until now, Ukrainian delegations have had to travel to Ukraine.

for discussions on the future of their own country.

So it is clear, and what reports are suggesting, is that America is still trying to pressure Ukraine to give up territory.

And Zelensky is still saying he won't budge.

And then we're talking about security guarantees.

Ukraine is now saying explicitly, we'll give up our NATO ambitions.

And yet they talk about a NATO-like deterrent, some kind of military deterrent.

presence.