India, April 26 -- Russia has expressed willingness to hold peace talks with Ukraine 'without preconditions', the Kremlin said on Saturday.

According to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin told US envoy Steve Witkoff at a meeting on Friday that Moscow was ready for talks with Kyiv.

"During yesterday's talks with Trump's envoy Witkoff, Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine without any preconditions," Peskov said, adding that Putin has repeated that several times in the past.

US President Donald Trump had on Friday said that a deal regarding ending the Russia-Ukraine War was 'close'. But just a day after saying that, the Republican leader expressed doubt over Putin's w...