“After the ceasefire, we are ready to sit down in any format,” Zelenskyy told journalists at a briefing a day before key talks in London on a potential Ukraine settlement. Trump, who promised on the campaign trail to strike a deal between Moscow and Kyiv in 24 hours, has failed since his return to office three months ago to wrangle concessions from Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt his troops’ offensive in Ukraine. Russia has pressed on with a grinding advance in recent months in southern and eastern Ukraine and recaptured much of Russia’s Kursk region, parts of which Kyiv seized last year and was hoping to use as a bargaining chip.
Author: AFP
Published at: 2025-04-22 21:26:31
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