Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his readiness to engage in direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the ongoing conflict. He emphasized that such talks should include the United States,

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky has in recent weeks spoken of the need for talks on moving the conflict to a “just” end. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The blueprint is expected to be presented to allies by Donald Trump’s special representative for Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany next week.

Russia said that discussions with Washington were underway regarding potential peace talks to end the war nearly three years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday his team spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser and his top envoy on the war in Ukraine this week, and that they were working to arrange a visit by a U.