Russia ready for Ukraine talks without preconditions, says Putin

Russia is ready to carry peace talks with Ukraine “without preconditions”, President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Saturday. This got here after US President Donald Trump lashed out at Putin saying “maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war.”
“During yesterday’s talks with Trump’s envoy Witkoff, Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine without any preconditions,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned. He added that Putin had repeated the identical a number of occasions previously.
Meanwhile, Russia confirmed that each one Ukrainian troops have been pressured out of elements of Kursk area. “The complete defeat of our enemy along Kursk’s border region creates the right conditions for further successes for our troops and in other important areas of the front,” Putin mentioned.
However, Ukrainian officers denied any such growth saying, “The statements of representatives of the high command of the aggressor country about the alleged end of hostilities in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation are not true.”
“The defensive operation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in certain areas in the Kursk region continues. The operational situation is difficult, but our units continue to hold designated positions and carry out assigned tasks, while inflicting effective fire damage on the enemy with all types of weapons, including using active defense tactics,” it added.
The growth got here as Trump and Zelenskyy met in Vatican City through the pope’s funeral to discover the potential of a ceasefire settlement. During the assembly, each leaders held a constructive dialogue on essential steps towards reaching peace, a supply advised The Associated Press, including that either side expressed willingness to behave swiftly.