Kushner and Zelensky say Europe joins the next Russia-Ukraine talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoy Jared Kushner both confirmed that European nations will sit in on the next round of Russia-Ukraine talks. Kushner, Trump's envoy and son-in-law, said the two warring sides agreed to the expansion on Thursday. He added that Washington is working toward what he called the war's "largest prisoner exchange."

The announcement came out of Dublin, where Kushner and fellow US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Zelensky. The pair had flown in from Moscow, where they held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to France 24's liveblog, Putin showed no give on the Kremlin's hardline demands for ending the war, but dangled a short-term ceasefire in a key frontline city.

Zelensky also flagged a fresh technical problem on the battlefield: Ukrainian military units logged new and significant disruptions to the Starshield satellite communications service in recent days. The outages hit the entire front line as well as Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, he said.

France 24 compiled the updates with Reuters, AP and AFP.