The Kremlin denies preparing for tripartite talks between Moscow, Kiev, and Washington

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The Kremlin denies preparing for tripartite talks between Moscow, Kiev, and Washington

Denied The Kremlin Preparing for trilateral talks between Ukraine and Russia and the United States, while separate discussions have been taking place in Miami since Friday regarding a settlement of the dispute between Kiev and Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Washington had proposed holding the first direct negotiations in 6 months between Ukraine and Russia, with diplomats arriving in Miami for a new round of talks.
But he expressed doubts that such talks would lead to progress.
In Moscow, Russian news agencies quoted presidential diplomatic advisor Yuri Ushakov as saying: "No one has seriously addressed this initiative until now, and it is not under preparation as far as I know"

Zelensky’s position changed.

After revealing the American proposal to hold tripartite talks, Zelensky told reporters on Saturday that he… "Not sure this will lead to anything new"

But he sounded a more optimistic tone on Sunday, pointing to constructive talks between European, American and Ukrainian negotiators. "It goes at a fairly fast pace"At the same time, warning that "Much depends on whether Russia feels the need to actually end the war"
Zelensky said in a post on the X platform: "Unfortunately, the real signals coming from Russia remain only negative: attacks along the front line, Russian war crimes in the border areas, ongoing strikes on our infrastructure.".