Russia’s lead negotiator says Moscow willing to resume negotiations

Russia’s lead negotiator in peace talks with Ukraine said on Sunday that Moscow was willing to resume negotiations, but that the decision remained with Kyiv.

“Freezing talks was entirely Ukraine’s initiative,” Vladimir Medinsky told Belarusian TV, adding that the “ball is completely in their court”.

He spoke a day after Zelenskyy said the war “will only definitively end through diplomacy”.