Ukraine's Zelenskiy hopes for new talks with Russia, US by early November

KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine supported a US proposal ​for three-way talks with Russia and the United ‌States at the level of negotiators to be held as soon as possible, preferably no later than early November. Zelenskiy, speaking ​to journalists on WhatsApp as he returned ​to Kyiv from Norway, said he had spoken ⁠to US officials after presidential envoy Steve Witkoff's talks ​in St Petersburg with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "We have ​received feedback that...Russia supports a trilateral meeting at the level of our (negotiating) teams," Zelenskiy said. "The American side has proposed holding ​it as soon as possible and we support that...The ​Ukrainian side has been in contact with its American partners. They ‌will ⁠do everything to ensure that the meeting takes place as early as possible, in November. I think no later than early November." Zelenskiy said that Kyiv ​supported "any proposals for ​a ceasefire, ⁠an end to the war, an energy ceasefire as well as humanitarian initiatives". ​Earlier, the Kremlin said Putin has agreed to ​resume ⁠US-mediated peace talks with Ukraine as soon as next month. Witkoff met Putin a day after holding talks with ⁠Zelenskiy ​in Norway amid concerns in ​Kyiv and among its allies that the United States was backing away ​from Ukraine.