Kremlin: Zelensky鈥檚 letter to Trump on readiness to negotiate is positive

Above, residents visit the Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine memorial in downtown Kyiv on March 4, 2025. (AFP)
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  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov: 鈥楾he question is who to sit down with. For now, the Ukrainian president is still legally prohibited from negotiating with the Russian side鈥�

MOSCOW: Russia welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky鈥檚 statement that Kyiv is willing to negotiate over the war, but it is not yet clear to Moscow who it might be negotiating with, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Zelensky made the statement in a letter to US President Donald Trump, which Trump made public on Tuesday.
鈥淯kraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians,鈥� Trump said in an address to Congress while quoting from the letter.
Asked how the Kremlin viewed this, spokesman Dmitry Peskov replied: 鈥淧ositively.鈥�
But he added: 鈥淭he question is who to sit down with. For now, the Ukrainian president is still legally prohibited from negotiating with the Russian side. So, overall, the approach is positive, but the nuances have not changed yet.鈥�
Peskov was referring to a Zelensky decree in 2022 that ruled out negotiations with President Vladimir Putin.