Russian President Vladimir Putin will answer Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy if he calls, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. “Vladimir Putin has never refused talks,” he said.
According to Ushakov, Zelenskyy is sending signals through various channels that he is ready for dialogue. If that is indeed the case, the presidential aide said, the Ukrainian leader could come to Moscow.

The previous day, October 30, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to a question about a possible call from Zelenskyy that “no one has called yet.” The Kremlin also said that Putin was ready for a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
On October 27, Putin held a phone conversation with the leaders of Finland and Norway at the initiative of the Finnish and Norwegian sides. The parties discussed planned trilateral talks on resolving the conflict in Ukraine and security issues in Europe, including navigation in the Baltic Sea. The Kremlin stressed that the first meetings should take place in a trilateral format, while European countries could join the discussions at later stages.