Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday (November 10) he was very happy with messages he was getting from the United States in terms of moving towards a resolution of the more than 4 1/2-year-old war with Russia.

"I see changes. I am very happy about what I hear," Zelenskiy told reporters in Copenhagen when asked about the recent messages by U.S. presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.

Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday for their first peace talks since February as US President Donald Trump's envoys launched a new push to end the war in Ukraine.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the US-brokered meeting as very productive, without giving details.

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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK (NOVEMBER 10, 2026) (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE - Access all)

1. UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY SEATED DURING PRESS CONFERENCE

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING: (IN EXCHANGE WITH REPORTER)

REPORTER ASKING OFF CAMERA: "On (US Special envoys to Ukraine Jared) Kushner and (Steve) Witkoff and the way they have been negotiating. You have been critical of the way they have been doing that. But if you look at the latest statements, do you see any kind of change, in fact, Kushner was.. ?

ZELENSKIY: “I see changes. I'm very happy with what I hear. We will see what can be done. And, I was from the very beginning with Steve and with Jared, I was very, very clear with them that this is not my - how to say it - this is a country of our nation. It's not real state. And that's why all these topics are very sensitive. It's not the topic of the land. It's not about square kilometers or not only about square kilometers. We speak about different things which are very, very sensitive for the people, not for me.”

3. WHITE FLASH

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“Now when the role of Europe will, closer to January, will be more and more important. And, I think this is important to focus and accept - up to Europeans, by the way, is better for them to speak with us, to have a dialogue, not just to wait for us to accept who will represent Europe isn't good, really. I think it is better when we are in dialogue and we are in dialogue.”

5. WHITE FLASH

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“But I think that in November, not late we need to accept who will represent Europe in negotiations. And it will be better because they will, they will get mandate for negotiations and they will get mandate from all Europe, from all this coalition. It's good.”

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8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, SAYING:

“For example, for today we spoke about this Abu Dhabi agenda from the American side. One of the topic is European security, architecture, sorry. And, this is difficult question first. From this point of view, not only them, I mean, it's also about us. We all have been very cautious with this topic because nobody really understand 100% what they want. I think we understand, but nobody saw the documents, what they discussed. I mean, the Americans with Russia, I don't know. But to my mind and I stay on my version that this is the same idea what Putin tried to raise with President Biden in 2021 about changing architecture. And I think it was very dangerous, and I think that Biden was very cautious.”

9.ZELENSKIY AND REPORTER LEAVING