Zelenskyy claims Russia is seeing 'record losses' in Ukraine war as peace talks resume

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"Ukrainian forces are currently genuinely strengthening Ukraine's negotiating position," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address on Monday. He said Russia was suffering…

Russian and Ukrainian officials met on Tuesday for their first United States-brokered talks since February, following US President Donald Trump's suggestion last week that a broad deal was possible to end the war in Ukraine and guarantee security in Europe.

Russian state news agency RIA reported the start of what is scheduled to be two days of talks, with Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to mediate between the two warring sides.

More than four and a half years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and with Russian forces holding about a fifth of the country, Moscow and Kyiv remain far apart – despite Trump's optimism – on terms for a possible settlement.

The new US drive for a deal has galvanised European officials to push for a place at the table to seek an end to the continent's deadliest conflict since World War Two.

Before the main meeting began, Kyiv's chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said Ukrainian officials had met separately with European, NATO and EU representatives, as well as the two US envoys.

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"We are doing everything to ensure that Europe is a participant in the diplomatic process," Umerov said before the meeting.

France said there could be no lasting peace in Ukraine without addressing European security, which required European involvement.

Russia had made clear it did not see a place for Europeans at the meeting with the Ukrainians and US.

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