Zelenskiy meets US's Kellogg in Kyiv, joint news conference cancelled

Peace is in the interest of Russia, in the interest of Ukraine, in the interest of Europe

Vance stated

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

The Trump administration] talk about the need to establish peace as soon as possible and do it through negotiations,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists

For now, the situation is they (the US) won't sign it.

A second diplomatic source who also requested anonymity said

These are classic Russian talking points

Referring to his

Michael Waltznational security adviser

They need to tone it down, take a hard look and sign that deal,

Waltz said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

I really want him to tell President Trump everything. … After that, I will be ready to discuss these steps with President Trump,

Zelensky said in comments reported by independent news outlet Ukrainska Pravda

Kyrylo Budanovlieutenant General

I think it is going to happen. There are most of the components for it to happen,

Budanov said in a YouTube interview with Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

We have also already mentioned that this position is more favorable for us than the previous administration and that here we absolutely agree with the American administration,

Peskov said

Dmitry Peskovkremlin spokesman

The fact that Zelenskyy's rating is falling is an absolutely obvious trend,

Peskov said

German Galushchenkoenergy Minister

The purpose of these criminal attacks is to stop the production of gas needed to meet the domestic needs of citizens and central heating,

Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko said on Facebook

More than 800 square kilometers (309 square miles) have been liberated, which is about 64% of the territory initially occupied by Ukraine,

Sergei Rudskoi, first deputy chief of the Russian General Staff, told the Krasnaya Zvezda military newspaper

We have agreed on your visit to Moscow. So our next contact will already be in the Russian Federation,

Lavrov said after talks with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting in South Africa

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

At the request of the American side, the format of the meeting provides for protocol filming and does not include statements or questions,

Zelenskyy's spokesperson Sergiy Nykyforov told reporters

The Central Bank does not take part in such negotiations; I am not aware of it,

she said when asked if the issue of sanctions was being discussed as part of a possible peace deal

There's a term for this in diplomacy. It's called shuttle diplomacy, because bringing everybody to the table at once just hasn't worked in the past,

he said

In previous years, the United States has consistently co-sponsored such resolutions in support of a just peace in Ukraine."

One of the sources said

Ulf Kristerssonswedish Prime Minister

President Zelenskyy is democratically elected,

Kristersson said

It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelenskyy democratic legitimacy,

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Der Spiegel magazine

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Our meeting with General Kellogg is scheduled for tomorrow, and it is crucial for us that the meeting and our overall cooperation with America be constructive,

Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Wednesday

The Prime Minister expressed his support for President Zelenskyy as Ukraine's democratically-elected leader and said that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during wartime as the UK did during World War II,

the statement added, an apparent rebuke to Trump's insult of Zelenskyy as a "dictator without elections."