Moscow wants to resume arms control talks with the United States "as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. Such negotiations are "in the interests of the whole world" and the peoples of both countries, Peskov told reporters at his Friday briefing, adding that the ball is now in the Americans' court.

Russia has said that it would like to see a quick resumption of disarmament talks with the United States. "Of course we are interested in this negotiation process starting as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian news agency Interfax on Friday.

Moscow believes it has the resources and manpower to withstand at least another year of the conflict.

The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's latest remarks on the Ukraine war as lacking anything new but emphasized Moscow's readiness for "mutually respectful" dialogue with Washington.

The Kremlin says a settlement in Ukraine can't be facilitated by a drop in global oil prices as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested.

The Kremlin said on Thursday it saw nothing particularly new in a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to hit Russia with new sanctions and tariffs if it did not agree to end the war in Ukraine.

The attack came as South Korea’s military said North Korea is preparing to send more troops to join Russia ’s fight against Ukraine, despite Pyongyang suffering a high rate of losses among its existing deployment of 11,000 and seeing some of its soldiers captured.

Speaking by video from the White House to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mr Trump said on Thursday that the Opec+ alliance of oil exporting countries shares responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.

The comments come after Trump on Thursday said the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries share responsibility for the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine because it has kept oil prices too high.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Trump’s claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022. He also said Moscow is ready for talks with the U.