The Kremlin has said three-way talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States could resume in October as efforts to end the war remain stalled.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had not ruled out another round of negotiations in the coming weeks, according to Russian news agencies RIA and Tass.
“We do not rule out such a possibility; we are talking about the foreseeable future,” Peskov told journalists.
The United States has been pushing to revive negotiations aimed at ending the more than four-year conflict, with American negotiators travelling to Kyiv and Moscow.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have also held phone conversations as part of the diplomatic efforts.
However, previous rounds of negotiations have failed to produce a breakthrough, while the US-led diplomatic efforts were disrupted by the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview released on Saturday that he was willing to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Miami in December to discuss ending the conflict.
Peskov rejected the proposal, saying a meeting between Putin and Zelensky in Miami was impossible.
He reiterated Moscow’s position that any face-to-face meeting between the two leaders would have to take place in Moscow.
Putin has repeatedly rejected proposals for direct talks with Zelensky on a possible settlement.
The war has killed thousands of people and severely affected the economies of both countries, while Russia and Ukraine have intensified long-range attacks against each other in recent months.
Previous negotiations have also stalled over Moscow’s demands, including its call for Ukraine to surrender territory in the east that Russian forces have not captured.
Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Sunday that no framework had been agreed for another round of negotiations.
He said the territorial dispute remained a major issue, adding that several other matters would also have to be resolved before an agreement could be reached.
