00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said halting the fighting along the current front line is the most realistic route to
00:08ending the war with Russia, opening the way to ceasefire talks.
00:13Zelensky was speaking with U.S. broadcaster Fox News on Wednesday, saying, quote,
00:18Right now we have to freeze and I think this is the real way to end this war.
00:23Zelensky added Ukraine was willing to negotiate in any format, but insisted that Kyiv must be directly involved.
00:31His comments came as U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg.
00:39Meanwhile, Russia on Wednesday agreed to resume three-way negotiations next month with Washington and Kyiv, aimed at ending its
00:47war in Ukraine.
00:48According to a top Kremlin aide, Putin agreed, quote, in principle, to restart the talks after 10 November, potentially setting
00:58up the first such talks since February, when the three-way talks were paused.
01:03The U.S.-led talks, which at the time had gone on for more than a year, did not lead to
01:08a major breakthrough.
