Ukraine will take part in talks but there'll be separate U.S.-Russia strand: Kremlin

Russia has begun preparing a delegation for talks with the U.S. to stop the war in Ukraine.

According to a Kremlin spokesperson on Thursday Ukraine would definitely take part in the negotiations but noted there would also be a separate U.S.-Russia track.

However, details regarding participants or the size of the delegation were not provided.

This comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call to begin talks on ending the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine would not accept any peace deal made between the U.S. and Russia without its involvement.

He also stressed that Europe should be part of the negotiations.