Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed ‌hope on Saturday ‌that U.S.-brokered peace talks next week ​in Geneva will be serious and substantive, but he voiced concern that Ukraine ‌was being ⁠asked “too often” to make concessions, APA reports, citing Reuters.

“We truly hope that ⁠the trilateral meetings next week will be serious, ​substantive, helpful ​for ​all us but ‌honestly sometimes it feels like the sides are talking about completely different things,” Zelenskyy said in a speech ‌at the Munich ​Security Conference.

“The ​Americans often ​return to the ‌topic of concessions ​and too ​often those concessions are discussed only in the ​context ‌of Ukraine, not Russia.”

He also says that Europe is “practically not” present at the table, describing this as “a big mistake”.