Zelensky during the meeting with Vance emphasized Russia's lack of will to end the war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office has shared details of his first discussion with US Vice President JD Vance since they clashed in the Oval Office in February.

During talks on the sidelines of the Pope's inaugural Mass, Zelensky informed Vance about the "unrealistic conditions" presented by Russia during the peace talks in Istanbul, his office said, the Telegraph reports.

Among Moscow's demands, Russia stipulated that five Ukrainian regions be granted international recognition as part of Russia under any agreement.

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This, and Moscow's low-level delegation, showed "Russia's lack of intent to end the war," the president's office said.

Zelensky also told Vance how "Russia violated the ceasefire it had itself proposed."

"Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that all this shows Moscow's lack of intention to end the war - and that is precisely why pressure is needed to force Russia to agree to a complete and unconditional ceasefire," it was said, among other things. /Telegraph