Kremlin Says Ukraine Talks Could Resume in October 

The Kremlin has disclosed that three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States could take place in October, as efforts to end the war remain stalled.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow has not ruled out another round of negotiations in the coming weeks, according to Russian news agencies RIA and Tass.

“We do not rule out such a possibility; we are talking about the foreseeable future,” Peskov told journalists,

The United States has been seeking to revive negotiations to end the more than four-year war, with American negotiators travelling to Kyiv and Moscow.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have also held phone talks.

Several previous rounds of negotiations have failed to produce a breakthrough, while US-led efforts were disrupted by the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview released on Saturday that he would be willing to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Miami in December to discuss ending the conflict.

Peskov rejected the possibility, describing a meeting between the two leaders in Miami as impossible. He reiterated Moscow’s position that any face-to-face meeting between Putin and Zelensky would have to take place in the Russian capital.

Putin has repeatedly rejected proposals for direct talks with Zelensky to reach a settlement.

The conflict has killed thousands of people and severely affected the economies of both Russia and Ukraine.

Moscow and Kyiv have also intensified long-range attacks against each other in recent months, contributing to the highest civilian death toll since the early stages of the war.

Previous negotiations have also stalled over Moscow’s demands for a settlement, including its call for Ukraine to surrender territory in the east that Russian forces have not captured.

Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday that no framework for further negotiations had been agreed on.

He said the territorial issue remained a key matter to resolve, but added that several other issues also had to be addressed before a deal could be reached.