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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a press conference in Dublin on 11 November that there is a window of opportunity to achieve negotiation results before 2027, citing possible political changes in Europe and visible changes in the US. He said Washington is looking for modifications to proposals on Donbas, a territorial issue, and insisted that such sensitive matters must be resolved at leader level, which requires positive signals from the American side and support from Russia. Zelenskyy said the US is pressing for Ukraine to withdraw from its territory to end the war, which he rejected as unacceptable for the country's independence, and that he would not detail the modifications. Ceasefire issues, particularly energy and critical infrastructure and the sea, were discussed, but Ukrainska Pravda reported that the Russian side says it has no mandate to respond to them. Zelenskyy said the American side will meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin and raise these issues there. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, envoys of US President Donald Trump, were due to meet Putin on 12 November and to meet Zelenskyy in Dublin that evening.