# Russian senate speaker cites US willingness to facilitate Ukraine peace settlement

https://mins.news/en/item/107795

- TASS, 2026-10-20 11:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2204705

> Valentina Matviyenko said Moscow and Washington are maintaining constructive dialogue and that the US administration is willing to help advance peace efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict. She argued the EU has no moral right to join Russia-Ukraine negotiations, accusing it of staging a coup in Kiev and having no substantive proposals, and said Europe brings only animosity and deep-seated Russophobia.

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