Volodymyr Zelensky: Ukraine is ready for a trilateral meeting with Russia on the initiative of the US

On Sunday, during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that the United States had proposed to organize a trilateral meeting at the technical level with the participation of Ukraine and Russia. The Americans remain in contact with both sides and want the talks to take place by the end of October.

Yesterday I confirmed to them that our site is ready to support organizing such a meeting before the end of October. There is nothing new in this. We are open to the United Arab Emirates or any other place proposed by the US, Zelensky said.

The President of Ukraine assured that Kiev responds positively to the proposal for negotiations and is waiting for Moscow's reaction. Zelensky emphasized that so far there has been no specific proposal for the place or date of the meeting from the US side. Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have been suspended since February this year.

Moscow sets tough conditions - it demands, among other things, Kiev's handover of the part of Donbas that is still under Ukrainian control (approximately 25 percent of the territory of the Donetsk Oblast), as well as the abandonment of aspirations to join NATO.

During the same press conference, Zelensky thanked Germany for donating two thousand "Bars" drones to be delivered to Kiev. The Ukrainian president emphasized that these interceptor drones achieve a high success rate, and their effectiveness in shooting down targets is currently around 30 percent.