Putin Signals Opening for U.S. Talks as Fighting Intensifies inโค Easternโ Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has indicated a willingness to host a U.S. delegation in Moscow next week,signaling a potential,though currently undefined,opening for dialog amid theโ ongoing conflict in ukraine. The declaration comes as intense โฃclashes continue along multiple fronts in eastern Ukraine, โคaccording to โreports from โthe General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The offer for talks arrives as fighting remains concentrated in key areas. Yesterday saw clashes reported in the South Slobozhansky direction near Vovchansk, Synelnykove, and Kamyanka. Furtherโค south, near Kostiantynivka, fighting occurred near Pleschiyivka, โKleban-Byk, Kostyantynivka, Scherbynivka, Ivanopillya, Rusyn Yar, Sofiyivka, and towards Mykolaypillya and Novopavlivka. The โขPokrovsk direction also experienced heavy fighting around Shakhove, Zatyshok, Nove โShakhove, โDorozhnye, Vilne, Chervonyy Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnohrad,โค Zvirove, Udachne, Hryshyne, Molodetske, Muravka, โand Filiya.
These โฃreports, visualized on interactive maps tracking the conflict, underscore the continued intensity of theโข war, now entering its third year. The potential for direct U.S.-Russia talks, even if preliminary, representsโ aโค shift from the largelyโค indirect communicationโ channels โคutilized since the start of the invasion, though the scope and purpose of such discussions remain unclear.