Ukraine ready for US-backed talks with Russia: Zelenskyy
Trilateral talks could happen this month in UAE or another US-proposed venue, says the president.
![Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) shaking hands with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) during their meeting in Kyiv, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. [Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-1791131860.jpg?resize=770%2C433&quality=80)
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Rescue workers put out a fire at the National Academy of Sciences building after a Russian drone strike in the centre of Kyiv, Ukraine. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]
Rescue workers evacuate an injured woman from a hospital damaged by a Russian drone strike in central Kyiv. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]
Firefighters work at a private medical centre hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv. [Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters]
Smoke rises from Kyiv's Dobrobut Hospital and a residential building damaged in a Russian drone strike. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]
A man runs in front of the hospital. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]
Rescue workers prepare to put out a fire at the hospital. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]
Rescue workers put out a fire at the Ukraine National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]
Rescue workers extinguish a fire at Dobrobut Hospital. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]
Ukrainian experts carry a drone engine from the scene of a strike on a coffee shop in a residential area of Kyiv. [Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]
A destroyed car at the site of the coffee shop. [Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]
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![A rescuer works on a balcony of a multistorey residential building after a fire following an aerial strike in Kyiv on September 27, 2026 [Genya Savilov/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AFP__20260927__C9GZ6FQ__v1__HighRes__UkraineRussiaConflictWar-1790568346.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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