Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine was sending a delegation to talks in London on Wednesday with Western countries about finding a resolution to the more than three-year-old war with Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time in years, and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was prepared for any discussion to halt attacks on civilian targets. Putin and Zelenskyy face pressure from the United States, which has threatened to walk…

The two sides are not known to have held any such talks since a failed peace effort in the early months of the war three years ago.

Vladimir Putin, under pressure from Washington to show willingness to make peace in Ukraine, proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Kyiv for the first time in years, and said he was open to more ceasefires after a one-day Easter truce.

Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of breaking the brief Easter truce.

In negotiating for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. should strive for common ground between all the parties for a durable peace, instead of appeasing just one power

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Russia needed to give a "clear answer" about whether it would accept a ceasefire on striking civilian targets, a proposal that Moscow said it would "analyse".

U.S. proposals for ending the war were shared in Paris on Thursday, according to Bloomberg.