Russia is “ready in principle” to resume talks with the US and Ukraine on ending the battle, Vladimir Putin’s prime aide has said.

Yuriy Ushakov was talking after Putin met US President Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff in the Russian metropolis of St Petersburg.

Kyiv has been urgent Moscow for an instant resumption of the trilateral talks, which were suspended in February, and Ushakov said a new spherical could be held next month.

Witkoff went to Moscow after assembly Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as properly as the leaders of Norway and Finland on Monday. Ushakov said their concepts were not very “useful”.

Top officers from Russia, Ukraine and the US have held several rounds of talks aimed at ending the conflict that started in February 2022 when Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The talks, however, were put on maintain, with the Kremlin blaming last month’s “massive” Ukrainian strikes on Russia for their disruption.

Speaking to reporters after the St Petersburg talks, Ushakov instructed that a new spherical could be held around 10 November.

He confused that the talks must focus on “building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the end of the conflict.”