Ukraine Says Europe Will Join Next Russia Talks as Putin Maintains Hardline Demands

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. envoy Jared Kushner said on Thursday that European representatives would join the next round of talks with Russia. Zelenskyy said Europe would have a voice at the table rather than remain on the sidelines, as it did in Abu Dhabi. Kushner and fellow U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held more than four hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin before travelling to Dublin to brief Zelenskyy. The discussions came amid stalled efforts to secure peace, with Putin indicating that Moscow would not compromise on its hardline demands to end the war.