Putin agrees ‘in principle’ to return to negotiating table and end Ukraine war

Vladimir Putin has agreed to reenter negotiations with Washington and Kyiv in a view to ending the war in Ukraine.

The Russian president has agreed ‘in principle’ to resume the talks after November 10, Putin’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said.

The talks will focus on ‘building a security system for Russia and Ukraine after the conflict ends,’ Ushakov said.

Negotiations with Putin about Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine came as Donald Trump also pushes Kyiv to make a deal that stops the fighting.

As the talks began, Putin thanked Trump and his envoy Steve Witkoff for their efforts to end the war.

Witcoff was seen telling Putin he was a humanitarian just like his boss Trump.

He said: ‘You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being the humanitarian. You are, you are humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that. I commend you.’

The discussion lasted about three hours, the Kremlin said.

Volodymyr Zelensky has previously said that freezing the conflict in Ukraine was the ‘minimum required from Russia to end the war.

‘Right now, we have to freeze, and I think this is (the) real way to end this war,’ Zelensky told Fox News.