Ukraine ready to hold talks with Russia once ceasefire in place - Zelenskyy

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that his country would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire deal is in place and the fighting has stopped.

Zelenskyy, who stated this while speaking with reporters at a briefing, also said that a Ukrainian delegation meeting officials from Western countries in London on Wednesday would have a mandate to discuss a full or partial ceasefire.

“We are ready to record that after a ceasefire, we are ready to sit down in any format so that there are no dead ends,” Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian leader warned that it would not be possible to agree on everything quickly, noting numerous highly complex is...
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