"Not acceptable": Russia enters peace talks on Ukraine

Moments before the meeting with Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin, Putin accused European governments of sabotaging the peace process and declared that “European demands are not acceptable to Russia.”

“Europe is preventing the US administration from achieving peace on Ukraine,” he said Putin did not clarify which European demands on Ukraine he found unacceptable.

To clarify: Putin was speaking about Europe’s involvement in the peace process, rather than the latest version of the peace plan being presented by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Little remains known about the current draft.

Meanwhile, Ukraine is nervously awaiting the outcome of the talks. Earlier in Dublin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed he would "react according to the results" once he had heard back from the US following today's discussions.

And in a social media post, Zelensky reiterated that he is waiting for “signals” from the US delegation in Russia.

"If the signals work as fair play with our partners, then maybe we will meet with the American delegation very quickly," he said this evening.

"I am ready to receive all the signals, ready to meet with President Trump. Everything depends on today's conversations."