Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that his country "was not real estate," as a second and final day of U.S.-brokered peace talks got underway.
Speaking to reporters in Denmark late Tuesday, Zelenskyy said he was "happy" with what he was hearing from the peace talks in Abu Dhabi between Russian and Ukrainian representatives, but said he had been clear with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner that "this is a country of our nation, it is not real estate."
His comments come amid discussions on the future borders of Ukraine and post-war security guarantees, issues where the countries remain far apart.
"I don't have any expectations of major progress towards settlement," Mykola Bielieskov, senior analyst at Ukrainian NGO Come Back Alive, told CNBC Tuesday.
Bielieskov would welcome another round of exchanges of prisoners of war, "otherwise there is no room for compromise."