Russia says it is ready to resume trilateral talks on Ukraine

According to Ushakov, the talks between Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff lasted nearly three hours, RIA Novosti reported. The main topic was to be the situation related to the war in Ukraine.

An adviser to the Russian president said that Moscow is ready "in principle" to resume the trilateral negotiation format in the first half of November.

Ushakov said that the negotiations would concern the construction of a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the end of the war. According to the Russian representative, Witkoff estimated that such a declaration would be welcomed by US President Donald Trump.

Putin's adviser also said that he had read the proposals of the European Union and Kiev, but "they did not contain much information useful in the context of solving the Ukrainian crisis."

According to Ushakov, Putin and Vitkoff also talked about potential large economic projects of Russia and the United States. Jared Kushner was to participate remotely in the meeting and, as RIA Novosti reported, he provided his own assessment of the issues discussed.

The Russian authorities have consistently declared that they want a lasting agreement, not just a ceasefire.