Russia has consistently warned that Ukraine could use a truce to rearm and regroup<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed he is ready for negotiations with Russia but only after a ceasefire along the current front lines.
\nZelensky met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday and had earlier backed Trump\u2019s call to have the troops \u201cstop where they are.\u201d
\n\u201cIf we want to stop this war and to go to peace negotiations, urgently and in a diplomatic way, we need to stay where we stay,\u201d Zelensky told Kristen Welker in an interview with NBC\u2019s Meet the Press aired on Sunday. He added that Kiev should not surrender \u201cadditional\u201d territory to Russia.
\nZelensky, who walked away from a peace deal with Moscow three years ago claiming\u00a0\u201cwe will fight,\u201d and has since then seen four Ukrainian regions join the Russian Federation,\u00a0stated he is now ready for talks \u201cin any format, bilateral, trilateral.\u201d\u00a0
\nMoscow believes Kiev will\u00a0use any ceasefire to regroup and re-arm its forces, as it has done in the past. Russia currently holds the initiative across the front line, and has repeatedly listed the conditions necessary for a long-lasting ceasefire: Kiev\u00a0must withdraw its troops from the parts of Russian territory it controls, halt\u00a0conscription, stop receiving military aid from abroad, recognize Russia\u2019s new borders, and abandon\u00a0its ongoing attempt to join NATO.
\nThe Kremlin has also noted that Zelensky signed a decree in October 2022 formally banning any Ukrainian talks with Russia while Putin remains president.<\/p>\n
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Ukraine will have to concede territory \u2013 Trump<\/p>\n
Putin has said he is ready to meet with Zelensky but only after a peace treaty is ready to be signed. Asked if he would push for an invitation to Trump\u2019s planned summit with the Russian\u00a0president in Budapest, Hungary, Zelensky replied, \u201cI\u2019m ready.\u201d
\nThe Ukrainian also leader confirmed that Trump had so far declined to provide Kiev with long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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