{"id":670935,"date":"2026-09-03T19:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/670935\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:55:15","slug":"putin-says-ukraine-peace-deal-possible-as-kyiv-hints-at-renewed-diplomatic-push-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/670935\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin says Ukraine peace deal possible as Kyiv hints at renewed diplomatic push \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian<\/a> president Vladimir Putin<\/a> said on Thursday there was \u200ca chance of reaching an agreement to end the war in Ukraine<\/a>, while Kyiv said it expected a \u201cnew dynamic\u201d in peace efforts.<\/p>\n

Putin, speaking at an economic forum in \u200bRussia\u2019s far east, said a number of countries including the US and China were ready to support a peace settlement.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, however, the problem must be resolved by the countries involved in the conflict \u2013 Russia and Ukraine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to everyone attempting to contribute to a settlement. Is there a chance? In my view, yes, \u200bthere is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha told reporters in Kyiv: \u201cI believe that we will now have a new dynamic in the peace efforts, with the return of this \u2060active phase of political and diplomatic engagement in many capitals around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

He did not elaborate further, telling reporters to \u201cfollow the \u200cnews\u201d.<\/p>\n

After \u200cfour \u200band a half years of Europe\u2019s deadliest conflict since the second World War, it is rare for either side to offer an upbeat assessment of peace prospects. They last met for US-mediated talks in February.<\/p>\n

Since \u2060then, with the US distracted by the Iran \u200bwar, both Russia and Ukraine have ramped up long-range air attacks \u200bdeep inside the other\u2019s territory. Hostilities at sea have escalated sharply with attacks by both sides on ports and commercial shipping, pushing up global grain \u200cprices.<\/p>\n

However, neither Putin nor Sybiha cited specific reasons to expect progress; on the contrary, the Kremlin leader said Ukraine\u2019s latest actions \u2060presented an obstacle.<\/p>\n

In response to a question, Putin said \u2060Ukrainian attacks on civilian merchant \u200bships and \u201creported threats of attacks on civilian aircraft\u201d were \u201cacts of state terrorism\u201d, which he said \u201ccomplicates the prospects for bilateral peace talks\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned airlines and insurance companies this week that the presence of Ukrainian drones had made Russian skies dangerous, although he said Ukraine would target only Russian military facilities and not threaten civilian aircraft.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Ukraine urged the UN\u2019s aviation agency to ask members to ban operations in Russian airspace. Ukraine has been cut off from international civil aviation because its own airspace is considered unsafe since Russia invaded in 2022.<\/p>\n

Putin said \u200ccontacts with Ukraine were still taking \u2060place.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is difficult for me to say right now to what extent these contacts are leading to a peace agreement, given the statements we have heard recently from Ukraine\u2019s top leadership,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, contacts do exist and are \u200ccontinuing on an ongoing basis \u2013 again, primarily through intelligence channels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi told Putin on Monday that the war in \u200bUkraine needed to end for humanity\u2019s sake and that New Delhi would support every effort to stop the fighting. \u2013 Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian president Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was \u200ca chance of reaching an agreement to end the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,550,7,8,2264],"class_list":["post-670935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-ukraine-crisis"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117208870270110625","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}