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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoy Jared Kushner said Europe would take part in the next round of talks with Russia. Putin signalled Moscow would not soften its hardline demands to end nearly five years of war. After negotiations in Abu Dhabi, Kushner and fellow envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin at the Kremlin for more than four hours before travelling to Dublin to brief Zelensky.