Trump's envoy Kellogg announced that Russia and Ukraine are prepared to initiate negotiations.

Russia and Ukraine are prepared to commence negotiations to end the conflict, believes the future special envoy of the elected U.S. President Donald Trump for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg. He expressed this opinion during a broadcast on Fox News.

“Absolutely. I think both sides are fully ready,” Kellogg stated.

Kellogg has previously emphasized his intention to focus efforts on facilitating the start of negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. He noted that dialogue is vital for resolving the conflict.

As reported by IA Regnum, on December 18, the press secretary of the President of Russia, Dmitry Peskov, stated that the Kyiv regime blatantly rejected the proposal for negotiations put forward by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. According to him, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, responded rudely to Orban's initiative, demonstrating a lack of culture. Peskov reminded that Russia is open to dialogue.

On December 5, the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, citing informed sources, reported that leaders of the Kyiv regime are discussing the details of a peaceful resolution to the conflict with Trump's team and plan to announce their readiness for negotiations with Russia.

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin noted in June that one of the conditions for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine would be a statement from the Kyiv regime rejecting plans to join NATO. Additionally, for negotiations to begin, Kyiv must acknowledge territorial realities and withdraw troops from the regions that returned to Russia in 2022, the head of state stated.

In early September, the Russian leader remarked that after the failed attempt of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to invade the Kursk region, Kyiv might genuinely desire to shift to peaceful negotiations. Russia has never refused this, the president emphasized, but first, it is necessary to deal with the “bandits who have infiltrated the territory” of the RF.

In November, Putin declared that the demands listed in June are not preliminary conditions for starting negotiations but rather Russian conditions for peace.