In Dublin, we “will download Zelenskyy on everything that has occurred,” Witkoff said.

European governments so far have been skeptical about the prospects for a breakthrough following the latest round of talks in Abu Dhabi this week.

“The Russian demands are the same maximalist demands that we have heard for years,” said a diplomat, who was granted anonymity because the discussions were confidential. Two officials from the EU, Björn Seibert, chief of staff to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Anna-Maria Boura, chief foreign policy adviser to European Council President António Costa , returned from Abu Dhabi and briefed EU ambassadors.