Russia and the U.S. both see draft accords discussed by Moscow and Kyiv in the early weeks of the war as a possible basis for a Ukraine peace deal, the Kremlin said on Friday, though Ukraine's president has previously rejected them as unacceptable.

The Istanbul talks can't serve as the basis for a Ukraine-Russia peace deal, U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said on March 6. "The Istanbul accords happened 30 days after the invasion,

The seismic shift of the past fortnight is hard to digest. Hopes are high that a summit in Riyadh may help heal the Kyiv-Washington relationship and shed light on Trump’s vision for peace.

Gen. Keith Kellogg, Trump's special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, said he thinks Ukraine could "move forward" after signing a key minerals deal.

Witkoff, Trump’s top negotiator, said the U.S. would be looking to talks from early in the war as a basis for a deal. Ukraine’s supporters saw it as an embrace of a Kremlin talking point.

Putin has often said the 2022 peace negotiations in Istanbul could serve as a framework for peace talks with Ukraine.

We came very, very close to signing something, and I think we'll be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia,’ says US special envoy Steve Witkoff - Anad

"You can start from that position," US president's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg stated WASHINGTON, March 6. /TASS/. The situation has evolved since the Istanbul agreements ...

Russian and U.S. diplomats will meet in Istanbul on Thursday for talks aimed at restoring their respective diplomatic missions, seen as a step towards ending the war in Ukraine, both sides said on Wednesday.

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Washington to sign a dictated agreement that only "partially" includes security guarantees for Ukraine, Donald Trump shut the door on Kyiv’s NATO aspirations.

TASS/. Russia suggests using the Istanbul agreements as a basis for reconciliation in Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Andrey Kelin said in an interview with Sky News.