Ukraine has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a move aimed at restarting negotiations that halted last month. Senior security official Rustem Umerov has offered to meet the Russian side next week, Zelensky said in his evening address, adding that everything had to be done to get a ceasefire.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Ukraine has proposed holding ceasefire negotiations with Russia next week. Zelensky said Rustem Umerov, the head of the National Security and Defence Council,

Ukraine-Russia held two talks in Istanbul in 5 months, agreed on prisoner swaps but made no progress in ending the 3.5-year war since Russia's 2022 invasion.