Kremlin says Zelenskiy's letter to Trump on readiness to negotiate is positive
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026
The Kremlin welcomes Zelenskiy's readiness to negotiate, as stated in a letter to Trump, but questions remain about negotiation partners.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's statement that Kyiv is willing to negotiate over the war, but it is not yet clear to Moscow who it might be negotiating with, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Zelenskiy made the statement in a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, which Trump made public on Tuesday.
"Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians," Trump said in an address to Congress while quoting from the letter.
Asked how the Kremlin viewed this, spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied: "Positively."
But he added: "The question is who to sit down with. For now, the Ukrainian president is still legally prohibited from negotiating with the Russian side. So, overall, the approach is positive, but the nuances have not changed yet."
Peskov was referring to a Zelenskiy decree in 2022 that ruled out negotiations with President Vladimir Putin.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov, writing by Mark Trevelyan; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
Zelenskiy stated that Ukraine is ready to negotiate over the war to bring lasting peace closer.
The Kremlin, through spokesman Dmitry Peskov, responded positively but noted concerns about who Ukraine could negotiate with.
Zelenskiy is currently prohibited from negotiating with President Vladimir Putin due to a decree issued in 2022.
Trump mentioned in his address to Congress that nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians.
The Kremlin's overall approach is positive, but they are uncertain about the negotiation process due to legal restrictions.
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