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Russia 'Ready To Negotiate'
Zelensky said U.S. envoys were told Russia is ready to negotiate, as talks focused on energy, grain and oil exports.
On Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia showed readiness to negotiate a conflict settlement following weekend talks with United States envoys.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv, marking Washington's latest bid to break the diplomatic stalemate in the four-year-old conflict.
Zelensky said the talks included United States proposals regarding energy facilities, grain shipments, and exports, aiming to "bring sides closer to the peace" before winter.
Early on September 8, Russia resumed strikes on the Ukrainian capital after a three-day halt, as firefighters battled a fire following missile strikes in Kyiv.
Zelensky told Axios that President Donald Trump could pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate, as Putin does not want to "upset" his United States counterpart.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin "needs Trump" and does not want to "contrary him", a fortiori before the US mid-term elections in early November, says the Ukrainian president in an interview with the American media Axios.