US, European and Ukrainian officers are set to fulfill this week in London after Washington warned that it might abandon its efforts on ending the battle if there have been no indicators of progress.
Chatting with reporters, Putin mentioned it could possibly be attainable to debate the halting of strikes towards civilian infrastructure immediately with Kyiv.
“Now we have a constructive angle in the direction of a ceasefire,” Putin added, referencing Russia’s choice to implement a shock 30-hour Easter truce – which each side accused one another of violating.
“That’s the reason we’ve at all times mentioned that we take a constructive angle to any peace initiatives. We hope that the representatives of the Kyiv regime will really feel the identical approach.”
Ukraine, which referred to as for the extension of the truce earlier than it expired Sunday, has repeatedly accused Russia of intentionally concentrating on civilians with air and drone strikes, and President Volodymyr Zelensky has referred to as for Moscow to halt such assaults.
Putin acknowledged that current Russian strikes had hit civilian amenities in Ukraine, however claimed that they have been getting used for army functions.
“That’s what we have to look into,” he mentioned, including, “It’s all a topic to be completely investigated. Possibly bilaterally, because of dialogue. We don’t rule that out.”
“So we’ll analyze all of this and make acceptable selections for the long run,” he acknowledged.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed Putin’s remarks to journalists, Reuters reported citing Russia’s Interfax information company.
“When the president mentioned that it was attainable to debate the problem of not putting civilian targets, together with bilaterally, the president had in thoughts negotiations and discussions with the Ukrainian facet,” the information company quoted Peskov as saying.
Ukraine and Russia haven’t held direct talks for the reason that early weeks of Moscow’s invasion in 2022.
Final Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that the US might stroll away from its efforts to finish the Ukrainian battle inside “days” if there have been no indicators of progress. President Donald Trump later confirmed the sentiment, however didn’t present a timeline.
Requested what progress he would wish to see to proceed negotiations, Trump harassed he would “should see an enthusiasm to need to finish it” from each side, predicting he would know “quickly.”
The remarks got here after a broad framework was introduced by the US to each side, Rubio and the State Division have mentioned, to find out whether or not variations between Kyiv and Moscow might be narrowed.
The proposal would see Washington prepared to acknowledge Russian management of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014, an official aware of the framework instructed CNN. The proposal would additionally put a ceasefire in place alongside the frontlines of the battle, the official added.
There are nonetheless items of the framework to be crammed out and the US plans to work with the Europeans and the Ukrainians throughout talks this week in London, the individual mentioned. The Trump administration is concurrently planning one other assembly between Center East envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia to get Moscow on board with the framework, the supply mentioned.
Moscow has beforehand stalled on negotiations and rejected an earlier US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire agreed to by Kyiv.
Zelensky has not publicly commented on the most recent US proposal. On Tuesday, he mentioned Ukraine will ship a delegation to the observe up talks in London.
“Ukraine, the UK, France, and the USA — we’re prepared to maneuver ahead as constructively as attainable… to attain an unconditional ceasefire, adopted by the institution of an actual and lasting peace,” he wrote in an announcement on X.
“An unconditional ceasefire have to be step one towards peace,” he added.
Zelensky has expressed willingness to conform to a peace cope with Moscow however mentioned final month that his authorities wouldn’t acknowledge any occupied territories as Russian, calling {that a} “crimson line.”
Trump has declined to say whether or not he’s ready to stroll away utterly from the talks or whether or not the US would help Ukraine militarily if talks fall via.
