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We want no one to decide anything behind our backs... No decision can be made without Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine,
Zelenskiy said
What sort of territorial concessions do you want — that we give up Russian speakers or rare earths?"
He argued
Money alone will not stop an enemy assault. It is not just about budgets, it is about people realising they need to defend their own home.”
Mr Zelensky addedOur top priority is bringing even more of our people home from captivity,
Zelenskyy's office said in messages online
There is nothing on the negotiating table that would be worth discussing,
Podolyak said on Ukrainian television
Those are details, and I'm not dismissive of the details, they're important. But I think the beginning here is trust-building. It's getting everybody to understand that this war does not belong continuing, that it should end. That's what the president has directed us to do,
he said