Russia Ready to Discuss European Security Proposals With US Immediately, Putin Aide Says

The signal here is less the readiness to talk than the concrete deliverables attached to it: a demining operation with invited international press, and what is described as the largest POW exchange so far. Those are verifiable, observable steps that could test whether the diplomatic channel is substantive rather than declarative. The mention of US negotiators actively backing the humanitarian proposal suggests Washington is already engaged at a working level, which matters for how quickly anything formal could follow. Whether the press access and the exchange actually materialize is the open question.