Diplomats from the UK, France, Germany, Ukraine and the US will hold fresh talks in London on Wednesday aimed at securing a ceasefire in the three-year war between Ukraine and Russia. The talks come amid growing speculation that Russia might be willing to halt its invasion along current front lines in return for significant concessions.

Ukraine is ready to hold direct peace talks with Russia but only after a ceasefire is in place, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday amid new US pressure to end the three-year-old conflict. US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff is to go to Moscow this week,

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire is in place and the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow's forces has stopped.