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Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said that an authorized representative from Kyiv willing to assume responsibility must take part in negotiations on a final and comprehensive political settlement of the Ukraine conflict.
Operative Information Center-OMM reports that, answering a question about whether Russian President Vladimir Putin considered it possible to sign a peace agreement without Kyiv’s direct participation and without intermediaries, Peskov outlined the Kremlin’s principled position.
The Kremlin official also addressed US diplomatic initiatives to end the conflict, saying Russia highly valued Washington’s mediation and peace-making efforts. Peskov said the US administration continued to take consistent steps to restore dialogue between the sides.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that Moscow intends to end hostilities peacefully as soon as possible and is ready to sit down at the negotiating table. The Russian leader has also said that he has not seen a similar willingness for peace from the Kyiv leadership.
US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has expressed dissatisfaction with what he described as Volodymyr Zelensky’s lack of a constructive approach to peace agreements and his delaying of the process. Trump said Ukraine’s leadership was not fully ready for a peace settlement and stressed that Kyiv needed a new leader capable of reaching real compromises with Russia and securing an agreement.
