 "Flames and smoke billow from buildings during mass Russian drones and missile strikes on the Ukraine's capital Kyiv on July 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo: OLEKSII FILIPPOV/AFP)")
Russia is ready to resume peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey, state-run TASS news agency has quoted a foreign ministry official as saying.
“The Russian team is ready for this, the ball is in the Ukrainian court,” TASS quoted Alexei Polishchuk as saying.
Russia and Ukraine have had multiple rounds of talks in Istanbul, but those talks did not lead to any breakthrough. No meeting has been scheduled since the last meeting in July.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has stuck to his maximalist terms. The acceptance of such terms will mean a Ukrainian surrender of land and sovereignty. Ukraine has rejected such terms.
Despite expressing willingness to join peace talks, Putin has so far rejected all three ceasefire proposals endorsed by US President Donald Trump. Ukraine has accepted all of them.
This is a developing story.