A Ukrainian soldier stands on a pile of rubble. He wears camouflage military attire, a helmet, and is holding a gun. The scene around him is filled with rubble and rocks. Image source, Getty Images
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The talks come as Ukraine reels from a deadly Russian strike on a village in Zaporizhzhia last week, in which at least 40 people were killed

ByLaura Gozzi and Abdujalil Abdurasulov, Reporting fromKyiv
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Moscow and Kyiv are privately showing "a little bit of flexibility" on the issue of who would controls Ukraine's eastern regions in a postwar scenario, US officials have said.

The comments came on the eve of the first trilateral talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine since February.