Russia in Abu Dhabi exaggerated the area of the occupied territories, because Putin "lives in a different reality," Zelensky said.
"The Russians believe and claim that they have already captured half of Donbass, which is actually under our control. These were military officers, Russian intelligence, and they talked about it seriously," the Ukrainian president answered questions from journalists in Denmark.
According to Zelensky, the Ukrainian delegation responded by saying that they had "video recordings, photographs and other evidence" that these territories had not yet been occupied.
The president of Ukraine called this evidence that Dimir Putin "lives in a different reality." "Of course, he will tell the Americans that he needs a month or two to completely conquer eastern Ukraine," Zelensky said.
After two days of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the special envoy for the US presidency Jared Kushner said that the territorial issue in the discussions between the Russian Federation and Ukraine turned out to be "extremely difficult".
According to the publication of RBC-Ukraine, Moscow also mentioned its offers for security guarantees in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi. In particular, they discussed demands to abandon further NATO expansion, reduce the military presence of allies in countries that joined NATO after 1997, and limit military cooperation with post-Soviet countries outside NATO, including Ukraine.