Vladimir Putin has been accused of “wasting the world’s time” after rejecting the latest iteration of Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, were involved in a five-hour discussion at the Kremlin, which came days after separate talks were held with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida.
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But following the meeting, Yuri Ushakov, Mr Putin’s foreign policy adviser, warned that a compromise is yet to be found – and added that “there’s still a lot of work to be done” before both presidents meet again.
Mr Ushakov said: “We could agree on some things, and the president confirmed this to his interlocutors. Other things provoked criticism – and the president also didn’t hide our critical and even negative attitude toward a number of proposals.
“Territorial issues were specifically discussed, without which we see no resolution to the crisis.”
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