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Kushner's call for Europe's role meets Russian territorial demands

A Ukrainian news analysis contrasts diplomatic language about wider talks with Russian television statements rejecting concessions.

Channel: 24 Kanal ·

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1:09Bilousov examines Russian broadcasts presenting European participation in talks as a concession granted by Moscow.
2:48Putin asks the Russian negotiating delegation to report on meetings in the United Arab Emirates.
4:14Alongside Zelenskyy, Kushner discusses a prisoner exchange and says Europe needs to participate in negotiations.
7:13Russian talk-show guests portray negotiations as proceeding from strength and reject concessions.
9:16Medinsky asserts Russian ownership of territory reached by Russian soldiers.
10:38Bilousov shows a map of reported Ukrainian refinery strikes and footage of fires at fuel facilities.

Standing beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jared Kushner says Europe needs a place in negotiations to end the war. The response examined by Ukraine's 24 Kanal (24 Канал) is less about whether Europeans should attend than about Moscow's insistence that it decides who joins.

In his Monoblog analysis, presenter Oleh Bilousov contrasts that message with Russian broadcasts portraying European participation as something Russia would permit. He argues that Moscow is trying to present a diplomatic setback as evidence of its authority over the process.

The episode follows talks in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and a Moscow meeting involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump's representatives, Kushner and Steve Witkoff. Kushner is Trump's son-in-law and has held official and informal roles in his administrations; Witkoff serves as a U.S. envoy for peace missions.

The central footage arrives just over four minutes into the report. Speaking alongside Zelenskyy, Kushner describes the Putin meeting as detailed and productive, says work on a prisoner exchange has been completed and calls for European participation in further negotiations. In the translated remarks carried by the video, he says he believes Putin is ready for that format.

Bilousov then sets those remarks against excerpts from Russian state television. Guests on Vladimir Solovyov's program describe negotiations as proceeding from a position of strength and reject concessions. A separate interview excerpt shows Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky asserting Russian ownership of territory reached by Russian soldiers. These are the speakers' positions, not evidence of an agreed settlement.

The presenter also disputes media reports of sweeping Russian demands concerning Europe's military arrangements and nuclear weapons. Later, he displays a map of what the report identifies as Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, alongside footage of fuel-site fires.

The distinction running through the episode is between expanding the negotiating table and changing the terms offered there. Bilousov treats the apparent opening to Europe cautiously: the Russian broadcasts he selects continue to insist on territorial claims and the possibility of pursuing military objectives rather than compromise.

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