<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcoming efforts to open talks with Russia.</p>.<p>In a video message Saturday, Zelenskyy said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev offered to help organise talks and that “we can only welcome that.”</p>.<p>Diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed have so far faltered.</p>.<p>Zelenskyy offered Friday to negotiate a key Russian demand: that Ukraine declares itself neutral and abandon its ambition of joining NATO. But the movement to actually advance any diplomacy has appeared to sputter.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is welcoming efforts to open talks with Russia.</p>.<p>In a video message Saturday, Zelenskyy said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev offered to help organise talks and that “we can only welcome that.”</p>.<p>Diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed have so far faltered.</p>.<p>Zelenskyy offered Friday to negotiate a key Russian demand: that Ukraine declares itself neutral and abandon its ambition of joining NATO. But the movement to actually advance any diplomacy has appeared to sputter.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>