Zelensky Rejects US Pressure to Cede Donbas as Putin Talks BeginA Kyiv Post report covers President Zelensky's rejection of US pressure to cede Donbas, saying at a Dublin press conference that Ukraine will not surrender sovereign territory, while envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin. After two days of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi marked by significant differences, Zelensky doubts Moscow will respond constructively and urges concrete American security guarantees and an equal European voice in any settlement.