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Putin Confirmed Russia's Readiness to Negotiate With Ukraine Without Preconditions to Witkoff

© Sputnik . Kristina Kormilitsyna / Go to the mediabankRussian President Vladimir Putin and US Presidential Special Envoy Steven Witkoff (left) during a meeting on April 25, 2025.
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On Friday, Putin held a meeting with Witkoff in Kremlin. Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Russian special presidential envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries, Kirill Dmitriev, were present at the meeting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the meeting with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed Russia’s readiness for negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.
"During yesterday’s communication with Trump’s envoy Witkoff, Vladimir Putin repeated that the Russian side is ready for resumption of the negotiation process with Ukraine without any preconditions," Peskov told reporters.
Peskov recalled that earlier, “Putin had spoken about this many times already.”
In turn, Ukraine states that it is ready for dialogue on peace only after a "a complete and unconditional ceasefire."
Ukraine's Zelensky said earlier that he is ready for negotiations with Moscow after a complete ceasefire, although he has not yet repealed his very own decree banning them.
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