Zelensky renews offer to meet with Putin
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Russia unleashes fresh drones and missiles onslaught on Ukraine's civilians in defiance of US demands for an end to the war, even as there is talk of a fresh summit to try and end the conflict
The Kremlin has confirmed its interest in a third round of negotiations proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky between Kiev and Moscow to end the war. At the previous meeting, both sides exchanged their position papers,
At the third meeting in Istanbul between the delegations of the Russian Federation and Given the strategic incompatibility of positions on the memorandum, Moscow could discuss humanitarian issues more widely.
A face-to-face meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders is needed "to truly ensure a lasting peace," Zelensky said late on Saturday.
President Donald Trump cautioned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky against launching direct military strikes against the Russian capital.
The White House played down reports of a private call.
Trump wanted to "make them feel the pain," as he put it on the July 4 call, the Financial Times reported, and force Russia into peace negotiations. Zelensky said Ukraine could hit the cities if the U.S. supplied the weapons, per the Post.
Putin has spurned Zelensky’s previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.