Ukraine ready for new peace talks 'at any moment', Zelenskiy says

ReutersMon, March 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC

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Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy

KYIV, March 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine is ready ‌for new U.S.-backed ‌peace talks "at any moment", but ​its partners' attention is currently focused on the Iran conflict, ‌President Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskiy said on Monday, adding that ⁠the U.S. had asked to postpone ​an upcoming ​meeting.

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Writing ​on X, ‌Zelenskiy said Moscow was trying to manipulate the conflict in its favour and aiming ‌to turn Iran's ​strikes on ​its ​neighbours and ‌U.S. bases into "a second ​front ​of Russia's war against Ukraine".

(Reporting by ​Anna ‌Pruchnicka; Writing by Dan ​Peleschuk; Editing by ​Kevin Liffey)

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