Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a joint press conference with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, at the Presidential palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had reiterated its invitation for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to come to Moscow for peace talks, as US-led efforts to reach a deal to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine intensify. This is not the first time Russia has offered to host Zelenskyy in Moscow for peace talks. The Ukrainian President rejected a similar invitation last year, saying he could not go to the capital of ‌a nation that was firing missiles at his country every day. Though the two-day talks last weekend have injected some new momentum into efforts to clinch a peace deal, differences persist between the Russian and Ukrainian negotiating stances.