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Ukraine bid talks are connected a "situational pause" arsenic nan Middle East conflict intensifies, nan Kremlin said Thursday, moreover arsenic Kyiv signaled negotiations could resume arsenic soon arsenic this weekend.
Following reports successful Russian media that nan Kremlin had paused talks connected Ukraine and that nan Middle East conflict could push Kyiv toward compromise, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed nan pause.
"This is simply a situational pause, for evident reasons," Peskov told reporters erstwhile asked astir nan report, according to Reuters.
Peskov added that arsenic soon arsenic "our American partners" could refocus connected nan Ukraine conflict, Moscow hopes nan region will extremity and caller talks tin begin, nan outlet reported.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a briefing successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Danylo Antoniuk/AP)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said successful a video posted connected X that Kyiv has received signals from nan U.S. that it is fresh to resume talks aimed astatine ending nan war.
"There has been a region successful nan talks, and it is clip to resume them," he said. "We are doing everything to guarantee that nan negotiations are genuinely substantive."
Zelenskyy added that a Ukrainian negotiating squad is already connected its measurement to nan U.S. and is expected to clasp meetings Saturday.
RUSSIA, UKRAINE TO DISCUSS TERRITORY AS TRUMP SAYS BOTH SIDES 'WANT TO MAKE A DEAL'
Firefighters put retired nan occurrence successful nan ruins of an flat building pursuing Russia's rocket onslaught successful Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump said nan "hatred" betwixt Russia and Ukraine was getting successful nan measurement of reaching a bid deal.
Speaking astatine nan Shield of nan Americas Summit successful Doral, Florida, Trump said nan "hatred betwixt Putin and his counterpart is truthful great."
"It's so awesome that, you know, Ukraine, Russia, you'd think there would be a small spot of camaraderie, [but] there’s not. And the hatred is truthful great. It's very hard for them to get there. It's very, very hard to get there. So we'll see what happens," Trump said. "But we've been adjacent a batch of times and 1 aliases nan different would backmost out."
UKRAINE'S ZELENSKYY: RUSSIA TRYING 'TO PLAY' GAME WITH TRUMP, STALL PEACE TALKS
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shingle hands astatine a news convention pursuing a gathering astatine Trump’s Mar-a-Lago nine connected December 28, 2025 successful Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Trump’s comments came aft NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said successful January that Russia was losing betwixt 20,000 and 25,000 troops each period successful its warfare against Ukraine.
The region successful talks comes arsenic Ukraine is progressively being drawn into nan wider Middle East conflict.
With nan conflict successful Iran now successful its 3rd week, Ukraine is providing exertion and battlefield-tested strategies to antagonistic Iranian drone attacks.
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U.S. and Gulf partners person requested Ukrainian assistance, pinch Kyiv signaling it is prepared to stock some systems and unit to thief take sides against Iranian aerial threats.
Fox News Digital's Greg Norman-Diamond and Morgan Phillips contributed to this report, on pinch Reuters.
