Kyiv: Ukrainian and European officials on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of showing only a superficial interest in peace efforts after a five-hour meeting with United States envoys at the Kremlin produced no indication of progress, although negotiations are expected to continue.

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

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper stated that 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” both for Ukraine and for European security.

Putin met US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner late on Tuesday in Moscow. The meeting represented a further step in Washington’s renewed e

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