The Kremlin confirmed Wednesday that Russian officials have been in contact with members of the Trump administration but did not say whether the discussions focused on ending the war in Ukraine.There are indeed contacts between certain agencies, and they have intensified recently, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
I cant share any further details.Peskov also dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskys recently expressed willingness to negotiate peace directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Readiness needs to be based on something...
It cant be based on a legal ban preventing Zelensky from holding such talks, Peskov said, referring to the Ukrainianleaders announcement in 2022 that he wouldnot hold peace talks with Moscow while Putin was president.For now, its nothing more than empty words, he added.U.S.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that members of his administration were already in talks with Russian authorities about ending the war in Ukraine.We will be speaking, and I think well perhaps do something thatll be significant, Trump told reporters at the White House.
We want to end that war.When asked whether he had personally spoken to Putin over the phone, Trump told reporters: I dont want to say that.Putin said last month that he was ready to meet with Trump to discuss the war in Ukraine, as well as other areas of interest to both the U.S.
and Russia.Reuters reported earlier this week that Russian officials are considering Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as potential venues for future talks between the two leaders.