"This is a situational pause, for obvious reasons," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that as soon as the American partners could pay more attention to Ukrainian affairs, Moscow hoped that the pause could end and that a new round of talks could take place.
In Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that it was time to end the pause and Washington had sent signals it was ready to continue negotiations. A Ukrainian negotiating team was already on its way to the US for weekend talks.