00:00Russia says it hopes U.S.-mediated peace talks on Ukraine can resume soon,
00:05as Washington makes a fresh push to get to the stalled negotiations back on track.
00:11Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow has the political will to return to the negotiating table
00:17and remains in contact with Washington.
00:20Moscow added that it sees Abu Dhabi as a preferred venue for the talks.
00:24The last direct peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were held in February.
00:30But there has been no breakthrough since.
00:32The latest push came over the weekend when U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner
00:37traveled to Moscow and Kyiv to try to get talks moving again.
00:41They met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow
00:43before traveling to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
00:48U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio now says Washington sees a chance to work out a plan
00:53for restarting talks in the coming weeks.
00:56But the biggest obstacle remains.
00:58Russia wants Ukraine to give up more territory, something Kyiv has rejected.
