Ukraine-Russia talks possibly including US may be held in September: Zelenskys top aide

Talks between Ukrainian and Russian teams could be held in September and ​include US representatives, the Ukrainian president’s chief ‌of staff Kyrylo Budanov said on Thursday.Budanov said Ukraine was aiming to revive the talks, ​with further developments likely next month.​The US-led peace talks stalled this ⁠year as Ukraine refused Russian demands to ​cede more territory and as Washington became ​increasingly preoccupied with the conflict with Iran.“I’m hoping for that, yes, and American ones too, of course.

​We can’t do without them,” Budanov told ​Ukrainian media Novyny Live, asked whether this meant direct ‌talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators.President Volodymyr Zelensky said recently that Ukraine saw a window of opportunity for US mediation until the ​end of ​next summer ⁠and has drafted one page of ideas with US and ​European officials to be presented to ​Moscow.The last ⁠round of trilateral Ukraine-Russia talks involving US representatives took place in February.Ukrainian and ⁠Russian ​representatives have only had ​separate talks with the US team since then....