Today's Ukraine talks concluded - "very productive"

The talks take place at official level during Tuesday and Wednesday between Ukraine and Russia with the United States as mediator.

After the first day's meetings are over, Marco Rubio, who is in Paris for the G7 meeting, says that the talks are "very productive", but that Europe should be given a seat at the table.

The delegations from Ukraine and the USA began the day by meeting separately with representatives from Italy, Germany, Great Britain, France, the EU and NATO. The purpose was to "coordinate and coordinate" ahead of the main negotiations with Russia, according to Ukraine's chief negotiator, the chief of intelligence Rustem Umzherov.

"Participants emphasized that future settlements must respect sovereignty, territorial integrity and independent decision-making, as well as offer credible security guarantees for Ukraine," the participants write in a joint statement.

The tripartite talks then began at 09.30, Swedish time.

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law who together with Steve Witkoff represents the United States, stated earlier on Tuesday that the hope is to, in addition to peace, also talk about "how we can create the right security relations between Ukraine, Russia and Europe", writes the AFP news agency:

- So that we not only end this war, but also create a new framework, to secure decades, if not centuries, of peace.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explains in parallel in an interview with Danish DR that he does not want to give up the land that Russia currently occupies.

- No, I will not give up Donbass, he says, referring to the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, which are largely controlled by Russian forces.

Zelenskyy says that Russian President Vladimir Putin would take such a concession, to release the occupied territories to Russia, as an invitation.

- I know he will move in immediately and occupy us, he says to DR.

On Sunday, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with American CBS News that he believes a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia "will happen". But that it will end with "a slightly different form" of Ukraine.

Zelenskyj also says in the interview with DR that he wishes Europe would take a greater role in the negotiations:

- It is completely unthinkable that you could stop this war and talk about security guarantees from the US and Europe, without Europe being involved.