Russian President Vladimir Putin held a call with European Council President Charles Michel earlier on Friday and, according to Russian news agency Tass (cited by Reuters).

Putin reportedly told Michel that the possibility of him holding direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy depends on concrete results of talks between the two sides' negotiating teams. Kyiv is showing it is not ready to seek a mutually acceptable solution, Putin told Michel. 

Michel on Wednesday visited Kyiv and pledged that the EU will give a further EUR 1.5B in military aid to Ukraine.