Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stressed that a high-level summit would require concrete outcomes from the negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

Vladimir Putin may have enemies in the Kremlin similar to Prigozhin, suggests former British armored forces commander Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon. In his opinion, the fear of a conspiracy in the Kremlin that could threaten Putin may compel the Russian leader to enter negotiations with Ukraine.