In an interview published on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president said that he would be willing to sit at the negotiating table with his Russian counterpart, if that was the only to "bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine and not lose people.

Zelenskyy said in the interview that the Russia-Ukraine war has killed 5,100 people and injured 390,000 others and estimated that Moscow’s losses stood at 350,000 dead with “many” Russians missing in

The russian dictator's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin is ready for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. At the same time, he repeated

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to have direct peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.

The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying he was ready for direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as "empty words".

In an interview, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared his willingness to hold direct negotiations with Vladimir Putin. However, the USA and Europe would also have to take part in the negotiations. Zelenskyy would conduct the negotiations in order to 'bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine'.

In an interview with Piers Morgan, Zelensky said he is willing to engage in direct talks with Putin "if that is the only setup in which we can bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine..." "I will not be kind to him.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is willing to enter into direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin under certain conditions.

Russia has not rejected talks with Volodymyr Zelensky, even though President Vladimir Putin considers him an "illegal" president of Ukraine, stated Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. He also confirmed that the Kremlin is in contact with the Trump administration.