As President Donald Trump’s special envoy and son-in-law prepare to meet with Ukrainian officials on Thursday to advance peace negotiations, Russian President Vladimir Putin has already indicated that an agreement remains distant.

Speaking in New Delhi before a state visit, Putin described Tuesday’s meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as “a necessary conversation, a very concrete one.”

However, he acknowledged there were key elements in the peace agreement “we can’t agree to.”

In his interview with India Today TV, the Russian leader declined to specify which aspects of the U.S.-brokered proposal he would refuse to accept.

“I think it is premature. Because it could simply disrupt the working regime,” he stated.

The American delegation emerged more hopeful following the five-hour Kremlin discussions.

“Their (Kushner and Witkoff) impression was very strongly that he’d like to make a deal,” Trump declared on Wednesday, suggesting they believe Putin desires an end to the conflict.

Other European leaders remain more sceptical.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha urged Putin to “stop wasting the world’s time,” whilst U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper declared that he “should end the bluster and bloodshed and be ready to come to the table and to support a just and lasting peace.”

Peace discussions continue on Thursday with Witkoff and Kushner scheduled to meet Ukraine’s national security chief Rustem Umerov in Miami. Despite Washington’s push for a resolution, the bombing in Ukraine continues.

Over Thursday night, two Russian ballistic missiles and over 130 drones were launched against Ukrainian cities. A missile struck Kryvyi Rih, injuring six individuals, including a 3 year old girl, as reported by Oleksandr Vilkul, the city’s head of the Ukrainian Military Administration.

The attack resulted in damage to more than 40 residences. In Odesa, another six people were injured in a drone attack that also caused damage to civilian and energy infrastructure.

After several days of being shelled with drones and artillery by Russia, a thermal power plant in Kherson was forced to shut down, leaving more than 40,000 residents without heat.

According to officials, the Russian military launched two ballistic missiles and over 130 drones overnight.