Moscow: Peace terms for Kyiv will worsen as talks drag on

Peace terms for Kyiv will become increasingly unfavourable the longer the negotiation process drags on, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

He noted that the work of US negotiators seeking a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine should be conducted quietly, adding that “the Kremlin does not want to comment on it,” Caliber.Az reports via Russian media.

Peskov also stressed that the involvement of European representatives in contacts on the Ukraine settlement in Kyiv could complicate the negotiation process. He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to hold an international phone call later on September 8.

The remarks come as US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner made a rare back-to-back diplomatic trip to Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend in an effort to revive stalled peace efforts.

They held more than three hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on September 5, with Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov describing the meeting as “highly useful” and saying the US side had presented ideas for possible settlement routes.

The following day, the envoys travelled to Kyiv for their first talks there since the full-scale war began, where they met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and were joined by British, French and German national security advisers. Witkoff said afterwards that the discussions were very constructive and substantive.

By Jeyhun Aghazada