Zelensky takes jabs at the U.S. as Trump’s negotiators discuss ways to end the conflict with Putin

The leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, criticized the U.S. government on Thursday, even as White House envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Moscow to discuss ways to end the Ukrainian conflict with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"Some things are already clear. If anyone in the U.S. is making decisions that essentially treat Ukrainian territory as if it were not Ukrainian, then that tells us where things are heading," he said during his remarks at the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Dublin, Ireland.

For his part, the Russian leader advocated for an "eternal peace" in Ukraine during his meeting with Witkoff and Kushner, who arrived in the Russian capital following trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi between Moscow and Kyiv, mediated by Washington.

"As for the duration of peace [in Ukraine], as well as its stability and robustness, we, too, would like it to be an eternal peace," he stated. However, he asserted that the persistence of "gray zones" would compromise the stability of any agreement that might be reached, and he ruled out the possibility of achieving a lasting peace under such a scenario.

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