Overview

• Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin in any format and cited Kazakhstan as an example of a possible venue.
• Vladimir Putin has said that if Zelensky is ready he should come to Moscow for talks.
• The Kremlin’s Dmitry Peskov said a face-to-face without expert-level preparation would amount to a PR action doomed to fail.
• Peskov accused Kyiv of evasiveness over format and venue, noted a flurry of proposals he called unacceptable to Russia, and questioned Zelensky’s refusal to come to Moscow.
• Peskov said President Donald Trump’s public assessment may have been shaped by his UN meeting with Zelensky, and Dmitry Medvedev suggested Trump could soon urge Zelensky to sign a capitulation.