Ft: 'Putin offers to stop war on front line'. Zelensky: 'Ready for direct ceasefire negotiations'
US envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow to participate in diplomatic negotiations on the crisis in Ukraine
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Kiev is ready for direct negotiations with Russia after a ceasefire: Ukrainian President, Voldymyr Zelensky, said this in a briefing with journalists, stressing that Ukraine "is ready to sit at a table with any format". The Ukrainian leader added that his country "is not discussing any new aid package with the United States".
Ft, "Putin offers to stop war on front line"
.And Vladimir Putin, for his part, has offered to freeze his invasion of Ukraine along the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace deal with Donald Trump. This was reported by the Financial Times quoting sources as saying that the Europeans were sceptical, fearing that the apparent concession is only to lure Trump.
US correspondent Steve Witkoff is planning a trip to Moscow this week.
This was announced by Yuri Ushakov, international affairs advisor to the Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Witkoff is seeking a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine. The Ukrainian mission is clearly accelerating in recent days, with the White House pressing for a concrete result soon and Russia signalling openness to direct contacts with Kiev to agree at least a partial ceasefire.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov confirmed that President Vladimir Putin was open to direct talks with the Ukrainians, at least for a ceasefire of attacks on civilian targets. "But it is not the case to put the question of a solution regarding Ukraine in a narrow time frame," the spokesman stressed.
