Zelensky on peace negotiations: Putin lives "in a different reality" -. The Times. Vladimir Zelensky claims that Russian military and intelligence officials significantly exaggerated the scope of Moscow's control over the Donbass in the negotiations. "The problem is that Putin lives in a different reality. Of course, he can tell the Americans that it will take him a month or two to completely conquer eastern Ukraine. I, too, can paint a picture where I completely militarize Russia, but that would not be true," Zelenskiy said during a visit to Denmark. The Ukrainian leader also said that a final peace agreement is not possible without a personal meeting with Putin, which the Kremlin says can only take place in Moscow. Zelensky ruled out the possibility of a trip to the Russian capital. Although the Russian and Ukrainian delegations spoke for more than four hours on Tuesday, the talks on Wednesday ended in less than two hours. Zelensky's comments on Donbas came after the Financial Times reported on dozens of videos purporting to show Russian soldiers raising flags in captured Ukrainian towns that appeared to have been digitally manipulated using artificial intelligence. It is unclear whether Russian officials showed the videos to Putin. "These videos are part of a broader information operation or cognitive warfare campaign designed to portray Russian victory as inevitable," said Daniel Miley, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). ISW has previously said that Putin's frequent statements about Russia's progress on the battlefield are so far from reality that they "border on delusion." Zelensky said that the American delegation received Ukraine's version of the situation on the battlefield.