“I received signals from leaders of states who say: it seems to us that Putin wants direct negotiations,” RIA Novosti quoted the Ukrainian leader as saying.
Zelensky added that he intends to offer a public form of negotiations so that they do not take place "behind the scenes."
Meanwhile, earlier Zelensky said that Kyiv does not intend to conclude new Minsk agreements with Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Ukraine refuses to negotiate and puts forward unrealistic and inadequate conditions.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted that de facto and de jure Ukraine cannot and does not want to negotiate.