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Update: After meeting U.S. envoys in Dublin, Zelenskyy says Europe will join the next round of peace talks and the biggest prisoner swap of the war is being prepared

Published , Friday, November 13, 2026 · Updated
In the 6 AM CT update

Update: After meeting U.S. envoys in Dublin, Zelenskyy says Europe will join the next round of peace talks and the biggest prisoner swap of the war is being prepared
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at Casement Aerodrome outside Dublin on Thursday evening, hours after their Kremlin meeting with Vladimir Putin, the Kyiv Independent reported. Zelenskyy said Europe would sit on the negotiating team at the next meeting and that the coming exchange would be "the biggest exchange of war prisoners yet"; Kushner said Putin is "willing to give it a try" on European participation, while Witkoff gave no date or place for the next round. Overnight, Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram that further multilateral meetings are being prepared, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

Sources
  • Kyiv IndependentZelensky meets with Trump's envoys in Dublin after their summit with Putin
  • Interfax-UkraineZelenskyy outlines 3 outcomes of Witkoff, Kushner talks

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