Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that there have been contacts between departments of the Russian government and the Trump administration and that they have recently been "intensifying," although he declined to provide further details.
Peskov also dismissed comments by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about his willingness to "compromise" and talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin directly, stressing that such statements must be based on "readiness and desire." He noted that Zelensky's ban on negotiations with Putin, which he signed in 2022, still stands.
