MOSCOW - The Kremlin said Sunday that three-way negotiations involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States on ending Europe's worst conflict since World War II could take...

place as early as October. "We do not rule out such a possibility; we are talking about the foreseeable future," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, according to Russia's Ria and Tass news agencies. Washington has been working to revive long-stalled peace efforts, with US negotiators travelling to both Kyiv and Moscow and President Donald Trump holding phone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Several rounds of negotiations have collapsed, and US-led diplomacy lost momentum as Trump's attention shifted to the US-Israeli war in the Middle East with Iran. In an interview released Saturday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be willing to meet Putin at the G20 summit in Miami in December. But Peskov swiftly dismissed the idea as "impossible," repeating Moscow's insistence that any meeting could only be held in the Russian capital. Putin has repeatedly rejected face-to-face talks with Zelensky aimed at ending the conflict, which has killed thousands and damaged both economies. Both sides have intensified long-range strikes in recent months, producing the highest civilian death toll since the war's early days. Previous talks have foundered, with Moscow unwilling to abandon maximalist demands—including that Ukraine cede eastern territory Russian troops have not captured. On Sunday, Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said there was still no "coordinated package" to serve as a basis for negotiations. "At present, there is the idea that we need to reach an agreement on the territorial issue. But there are also many other questions," he added, suggesting significant obstacles remain before any summit can proceed. (Bssnews