Europe should pick negotiator for possible Russian talks, says Zelenskyy – Europe live

Ukrainian president says Europe must ‘have a strong voice and presence’ amid search for candidate who could lead any talks with Putin

We are also getting some lines from the Kremlin, via Reuters, saying that they consider the peace process with Ukraine to be “on pause,” although they expect it to be resumed soon.

The Russian authorities also dismissed Zelenskyy’s warnings from last week that Russia could be preparing to fuel the conflict further by opening another front against Ukraine or attacking a Nato country, saying “this is an attempt to escalate the situation” and not worthy of a response.