Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have spoken about the prospects for pursuing more active diplomacy and moving towards an accord to end the more than four-year-old war with Russia.
Both the Ukrainian leader and the White House confirmed the telephone conversation took place on Wednesday.
US-brokered diplomacy in the war has stalled with Washington largely focused on the conflict with Iran.
"I just spoke with President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff @SEPeaceMissions and Jared Kushner @jaredkushner," Zelenskyy wrote on the social media platform X.
"It was a good, important conversation on how to reinvigorate diplomacy and bring peace closer. Peace is needed—peace with dignity, and Ukraine has long been ready for it."
Zelenskyy said both sides would stay in close contact.
Writing earlier on X, Zelenskyy said he had met US ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker in Kiev, with discussion focusing on licences for Patriot air defence system production.
"We had a good talk - first and foremost on how to protect Ukrainian skies with more Patriot interceptor supplies through PURL," Zelenskyy said, referring to a NATO- and US-backed scheme that coordinates funding and delivery of arms to Ukraine.
"This is a critical priority now, as massive Russian attacks continue unabated."
President Donald Trump agreed during a meeting with Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Türkiye this month that the United States would grant Ukraine a licence to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors.
Ukraine has boosted its medium- and long-range drone strikes on mainly energy targets in Russia, but air defences to protect Ukrainian cities against Russian missile attacks remain a priority for Kiev.
