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Zelenskyy, Kushner and Witkoff brief the press following an hour-long meeting in Dublin. Here are the key takeaways.

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Zelenskyy, Kushner and Witkoff brief the press following an hour-long meeting in Dublin. Here are the key takeaways.
🇺🇦 Volodymyr Zelenskyy:
▪️ There will be another meeting after this one. Every meeting must deliver results and bring us closer to peace.
And after that meeting there will be another meeting, and then another one, perhaps several more — Volodymyr Oleksandrovych thought, but tactfully kept quiet.
▪️ There will be the largest prisoner exchange yet, as Stephen and Jared have described it.
▪️ The Americans have made progress in bringing Europeans into the process. Europe will be represented at the next round of negotiations. Not separately — European representatives will have a voice at the table.
▪️ This is important because the war is taking place in Europe.
Now we just need to convince Europe of that.
▪️ We are working to organize the next meeting in the near future.
🇺🇸 Jared Kushner:
▪️ Thanked President Zelenskyy and described the discussions as very good. They reviewed everything that had happened over the previous three days.
▪️ He described the meeting with Putin and his negotiating team — Ushakov, Dmitriev and Medinsky — as very detailed and productive.
▪️ “We cannot finish this deal without the Europeans at the table.” Kushner said they had explained this directly to Putin, and Zelenskyy supported the position. It is something they need to make happen.
▪️ He praised Ukraine's enormous potential, pointing to what the country has achieved while defending itself during the war, particularly in innovation and ingenuity.
▪️ Kushner said significant progress had been made and expressed hope for further advances.
🇺🇸 Steve Witkoff:
▪️ Described the recent meeting in the UAE as very positive.
▪️ Said President Trump is determined to bring the war to an end and that this is the instruction the American negotiating team has received.
▪️ Explained that this was why they had travelled to meet Zelenskyy in person and brief him on the positive results.
▪️ Another meeting is already planned, and the American team intends to work extremely hard to move the process forward.
📌 The main developments from Dublin:
1️⃣ Europe is expected to participate directly in the next round of negotiations, rather than being kept on the sidelines.
2️⃣ A potentially historic prisoner exchange is being prepared. This could bring thousands of people back to their families.
3️⃣ The diplomatic process is continuing, with further meetings planned, although the key disagreements over territory and security remain unresolved.
🇺🇦 The most important thing is that Ukraine must have a real voice in decisions about its future, and Europe must have a seat at the negotiating table when the future security of its own continent is being discussed