Close Zelensky mocks Putin over Russia's reliance on North KoreaSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeVolodymyr Zelensky revealed on Tuesday that Kyiv has delivered fresh proposals to American negotiators aimed at ending the four-year war with Russia. US-mediated talks have been on ice since the war in Iran broke out in February. Efforts to bring Ukraine and Russia back to the table have not produced any material results since. But even with the war in the Middle East no closer to being resolved, the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address: “We have conveyed our proposals to the American side.”