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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has suggested he is still open to negotiating with Russia, but only if Moscow withdraws its troops.

Speaking at an event hosted by the Chatham House think tank, Mr Zelensky said arrangements were needed for discussions to “stop the killing”, with “diplomatic channels” used to regain Ukraine’s territories.

The prerequisite for this would be “regaining the situation as of February 23”, he said, meaning before the war.

“They have to fall back,” he said of Russian troops.

“In that situation we will be able to start discussing things normally.”

He said that “despite the fact that they are destroying all our bridges, I think (metaphorically) not all the bridges are yet destroyed”.