Russia made a statement regarding Kyiv's participation in the negotiations

Dmitry Peskov predicts a "bilateral Russian-American track" in the negotiations, as well as the separate involvement of Ukraine.

Ukraine will participate in negotiations to end the war, but the main counterpart on this topic will be the United States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a comment to Channel One on Thursday, February 13.

"One way or another, of course, Ukraine will participate in the negotiations. Of course, there will be a bilateral Russian-American track of this dialogue, and a track that, of course, will be associated with the involvement of Ukraine," Peskov added.

At the same time, he clarified that during yesterday's telephone conversation between Putin and Trump, "the legal status of Volodymyr Zelensky was not discussed."

The possible participation of Europe in the negotiations was also not discussed. According to Peskov, the Europeans here “will need to talk to Washington to somehow establish their place.” “Because, of course, we understand that our main counterpart in this process is Washington,” he added.