# Zelensky taunts Putin, saying the Russian leader ‘is still alive… maybe we’ll do something, it’s really a huge problem’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/zelensky-taunts-putin-saying-the-russian-leader-is-still-alive-maybe-well-do-something-its-really-a-huge-problem/
- Published: 2026-11-11T14:08:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T14:19:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16284417/Zelensky-taunts-Putin-saying-Russian-leader-alive-maybe-really-huge-problem.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Abu Dhabi talks ended without a peace agreement.
- Russia and Ukraine agreed in principle to a major prisoner exchange.
- Territory, security guarantees and Europe’s role remain disputed.

## Summary

US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi ended without an agreement to end the war, though the sides agreed in principle to a large prisoner exchange. Speaking in Copenhagen, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky taunted Vladimir Putin, saying he was “still alive” and calling that “a huge problem”, as Moscow’s negotiator vowed Russia would reclaim every inch of its land.

The two-day meeting was the first between the delegations in nine months, and no major breakthrough had been expected. Key disputes include the future of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, security guarantees after the war and whether European countries should join negotiations; US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner planned to travel to Moscow to meet Putin, then meet Zelensky in Dublin.

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