Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has accused Vladimir Putin "wasting the world's time", a day after high-stakes talks between the US and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine failed to produce tangible results.
"Russia must end the bloodshed it has started. If this doesn't happen and Putin just spits into the world's face once again, there must be consequences," Sybiha said.
Still, Sybiha added that the US delegation had told his colleagues that the talks had been of "positive significance for the peace process" and they had invited Ukrainian officials to continue talks in the US in the near future.
President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner spent almost five hours with Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday and the White House said on Wednesday they had briefed Trump after a "thorough, productive meeting".
The US-Russia talks followed days of US meetings with Ukrainian and European leaders, after concerns had been expressed that a deal was being hatched that was too slanted towards Russia's demands.
