Kremlin spokesman says talks ongoing as US President Donald Trump pushes for an end to the conflict.Russia says the United States-brokered talks to end the war with Ukraine are “serious”, but its officials caution that an agreement is a long way off and Moscow would offer no major concessions to Kyiv.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in televised comments on Wednesday that the negotiations were ongoing and “the process is serious.”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listUS President Donald Trump has put forward a 28-point plan – the details of which were leaked last week – and is sending his top negotiator Steve Witkoff to Moscow in the coming days as his administration pushes to end the nearly four-year war.But Ukraine and its European allies had raised concerns that the US proposal endorsed several Russian demands, including that Ukraine cede additional territory, curb the size of its military and be barred from joining NATO.The plan has since been modified with the emerging proposal reportedly accommodating some of those concerns.Trump also later said progress was being made and Moscow was making concessions even though the war, which has seen Russian forces advancing in recent weeks, was going to move only “in one direction”.While welcoming the US efforts, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Wednesday that “there can be no question of any concessions or any surrender of our approaches to those key points.”Jim Townsend, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Al Jazeera that Russia likely perceives Trump as impatient and unfocused and will deploy delay tactics to avoid concessions. Advertisement “This could just be a real mess. The Russians don’t feel any pressure. They think they’re going to win if they hold out long enough,” said Townsend, adding that all of the pressure so far has been on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that he was ready to advance t …
