Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv was ready for
talks with Russia if Moscow was prepared to negotiate in good
faith, though he said that Ukraine has seen no sign of that.
"The message itself can be said to be in unison with our
position," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when
asked about Kuleba's remark, adding that clarification was
needed on the details.
"You know that the Russian side has never refused to negotiate,
has always maintained its openness to the negotiation process,
but details are important here that you and I do not yet know."
Reuters reported in February that Russian President Vladimir
Putin's suggestion of a ceasefire in Ukraine to freeze the war
was rejected by the United States after contacts between
intermediaries.
Putin is ready to halt the war in Ukraine with a negotiated
ceasefire but the Kremlin chief is prepared to fight on if Kyiv
and the West do not respond, Reuters reported in May.
Putin in June said Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if
Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the
entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv
swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Guy Faulconbridge;
Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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