16 Water Bottles Disrupt Zelensky-Trump Envoy Meeting in Dublin

In an awkward situation, Zelensky and his American guests were forced to clear a small meeting table of 16 water bottles before they could begin discussing the war in Dublin.

An embarrassing moment occurred in Dublin on Thursday, just before the start of talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, after organizers placed 16 water bottles in the middle of a small meeting table.

Zelensky commented on the scene jokingly: "I am not sure we need all this much water," before he, Ukrainian official Rustem Umerov, Kushner, and several aides moved 15 bottles to a side table, while Witkoff kept one bottle.

The meeting came after talks conducted by Witkoff and Kushner with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, and a round of trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi to end the war in Ukraine.

Dublin talks resulted in confirmation from the parties to proceed with a wide prisoner exchange deal, and agreement to involve Europeans in the next round of negotiations, after the attendees successfully reached a preliminary "agreement" on the necessity of "clearing the table of water bottles" before starting the discussion.