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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday there was anopportunity for a breakthrough in efforts to end the war with Russia, as hearrived in Ireland ahead of the ninth meeting of the European Political Community(EPC) and planned talks with US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and JaredKushner.
"Today there really is this opportunity, this window of opportunity,when all those participants who are now engaged in the negotiation process,genuinely want to achieve a result before 2027," Zelenskyy said.
He is expected to meet the US envoys after their return from talks withRussian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. "What's important is that theAmericans flew to Putin with specifics," he said. "I would very muchlike them to return to Kyiv with specifics."
The comments came after Russia and Ukraine agreed to the "largestprisoner exchange" of the war during their first US-brokered talks sinceFebruary. However, the two-day negotiations in Abu Dhabi, led by Kushner andWitkoff, made little progress toward a broader peace agreement.
A senior member of Ukraine's delegation said the Russian team had arrivedwith "very strict directives," but reported "big progress"on postwar security guarantees for Ukraine. Kushner acknowledged that trustremained absent between the two sides, while describing the negotiations as"a good first step."
Speaking alongside Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, Zelenskyy said Kyivhoped to secure concrete results toward ending the war, although much woulddepend on Washington's approach to Moscow.
"We are living through these massive attacks. Of course, we want to getresults, and of course we will be doing everything to make that happen,"he said.
Around 50 heads of state are gathering in the Irish capital Dublin onThursday to discuss the war in Ukraine and other major international issues.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arealso attending the summit.
EPC was established following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, at theinitiative of French President Emmanuel Macron, to provide a forum for EU andnon-EU leaders to address shared challenges, particularly in security andenergy.
Ahead of the meeting, Rutte said the United States, Ukraine, and Europe were"completely aligned and united," adding that the next move restedwith Moscow. "Clearly we have to see that the Russian side is willing toplay ball," he told reporters.
Despite the diplomatic efforts, fighting continued on the ground. Explosionswere reportedly heard in Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday. In the southernOdesa region, three people were killed and 11 others injured in a Russiandaytime strike on a market, local authorities reported.
Meanwhile, a drone attack sparked a fire in the port area of Ust-Luga onRussia's Baltic Sea coast, injuring three Russian workers, regional GovernorAleksandr Drozdenko said. Ukraine later claimed responsibility for the attacks,saying it had launched several drones at the port, setting off a fire anddamaging part of its fuel tank network.
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