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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin interacts with Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov during a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads of State Council in Turkmenbashi on October 9, 2026. Photo / Gavriil Grigorov, AFP
Russia is open to resuming trilateral talks with Washington and Kyiv towards ending the Ukraine war, the Kremlin said after Vladimir Putin met US special envoy Steve Witkoff, but decried little “substance” in new Ukrainian and European approaches.
Moscow also said a summit between Putin, US President Donald Trump