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During a meeting with American emissaries, Putin used a joke from former Ukrainian president Yanukovych to illustrate Europe's contradictory stance on the Ukraine war. He highlighted the circular reasoning of European nations supporting both peace talks and military aid to Ukraine. The anecdote involved a corrupt builder and suggested the need for clarity in European intentions regarding peace or war. Kushner and Witkoff were in Moscow following trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi, discussing a proposed peace plan and security guarantees. Their goal was to secure Kremlin's agreement for European representatives to join future peace discussions.