{"id":1848,"date":"2025-07-20T07:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-sent-russia-offer-of-new-peace-talks\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T07:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T07:40:35","slug":"zelenskyy-says-ukraine-sent-russia-offer-of-new-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-sent-russia-offer-of-new-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy says Ukraine sent Russia offer of new peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukrainian leader also reiterates readiness for face-to-face meeting with Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ukraine has proposed to hold a new round of peace talks with Russia next week after negotiations stalled<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that Defence Council secretary Rustem Umerov made the offer of a meeting with Russian negotiators for next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything should be done to achieve a ceasefire,\u201d Zelenskyy said in his evening address to the nation. \u201cThe Russian side should stop hiding from decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s leader also reiterated his readiness to have a face-to-face sit-down with Putin. \u201cA meeting at the leadership level is needed to truly ensure peace \u2013 lasting peace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate response from Russia.<\/p>\n

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Secretary of the NSDC proposed a new meeting with Russia next week. They must stop hiding from decisions. Ceasefire. Prisoner exchanges. Return of children. End to the killings. And a meeting at the level of leaders is needed to truly ensure a lasting peace. Ukraine is ready. pic.twitter.com\/ksH7FzxnAE<\/a><\/p>\n

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Umerov, a former defence minister, was appointed last week as the head of the National Security and Defence Council and tasked with adding more momentum to the negotiations.<\/p>\n

He headed his country\u2019s delegation in two previous rounds of talks in Turkiye earlier this year, which yielded little more than an agreement<\/a> to exchange prisoners and soldiers\u2019 remains.<\/p>\n

In previous rounds, Russia outlined a list of hardline demands that were not acceptable to Ukraine, calling on it to cede four Ukrainian regions it claims as its own and reject Western military support.<\/p>\n

However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Friday indicated that Moscow agreed with a statement by Zelenskyy that peace efforts needed \u201cmore momentum\u201d.<\/p>\n

The shift came after United States President Donald Trump, who initially appeared to adopt a conciliatory approach towards Russia after entering office, upped the pressure<\/a> on Moscow.<\/p>\n

This week, Trump set a 50-day deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine or face \u201c100 percent tariffs\u201d and the prospect of secondary sanctions being imposed on countries that buy Russian oil.<\/p>\n

He also promised to ramp up arms shipments to the war-battered country.<\/p>\n

Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the ministry, said on Thursday that Russia would not accept the \u201cblackmail\u201d of Washington\u2019s sanctions ultimatum, and the decision to resume weapons deliveries was a signal to Ukraine to \u201cabandon the peace process\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ongoing exchange of fire<\/h2>\n

Kyiv extended its invitation for more talks with Moscow after Russian forces staged a massive drone attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa early on Saturday, killing at least one resident and injuring six others, according to Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

Posting on X on Saturday, the Ukrainian president said Russia launched more than 30 missiles and 300 drones during its overnight assault that affected 10 regions of the country.<\/p>\n

Russia, meanwhile, had to suspend trains for about four hours overnight in the southern Rostov region when it came under a Ukrainian drone attack, which injured one railway worker.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram that Russian air defence systems shot down three drones en route to the city.<\/p>\n

Two Moscow airports \u2013 Vnukovo and Domodedovo \u2013 suspended arrivals and departures for safety reasons, but later resumed operations, Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said.<\/p>\n

The Russian Defence Ministry said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 27 Ukrainian drones in total from 3pm to 7pm Moscow time (12:00-16:00 GMT).<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has led to Europe\u2019s bloodiest conflict since World War II, with estimates suggesting 1.2 million people have been wounded or killed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian leader also reiterates readiness for face-to-face meeting with Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin. Ukraine has proposed to hold a new round of peace talks with Russia next week after negotiations stalled last month. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Saturday that Defence Council secretary Rustem Umerov made the offer of a meeting with Russian negotiators for next … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}