KYIV – Ukrainian and European officials on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of faking interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no signs of a breakthrough, although negotiations were expected to continue.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Putin should “stop wasting the world’s time.”

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U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Russian leader “should end the bluster and the bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to support a just and lasting peace” for Ukraine and in the interests of European security.

Putin met late Tuesday in Moscow with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner. The meeting was another step in a renewed U.S. push to

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