KYIV/MOSCOW - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that he sees prospects for a peaceful settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

"I believe that in this war of Russia against Ukraine, there are prospects for a peaceful settlement," Zelensky said on X.

He stressed that Ukraine is committed to peace and called for efforts toward a diplomatic resolution.

"We need to keep looking each day for ways to reach a peace agreement. We need to meet with the Americans. We have a couple more ideas on how we can force this war to end," Zelensky said.

Earlier, Zelensky said that a meeting between the delegations of Ukraine, the United States and Russia, initially scheduled for last week, was postponed at the initiative of the United States.

The delegations previously held two rounds of talks in Abu Dhabi on Jan 23-24 and Feb 4-5, followed by another round in Geneva on Feb 17-18.

Russia: NATO's expansion ambition continues

Separately, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the aggression of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is primarily directed against Russia, with its ambitions continuing to expand.

Speaking to Sputnik radio, Zakharova said NATO's actions in recent years have increasingly broadened in scope, extending beyond Russia's western flank to include southern regions and even the Far East.

She added that NATO is also seeking to extend its influence globally, including into the Asia-Pacific region, through proxy means.

Zakharova noted that the alliance shows little interest in normalizing relations or stabilizing the situation in the European part of Eurasia. Instead, she said, NATO's primary objective is to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia.

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She noted that previous attempts to establish dialogue mechanisms and reduce risks between Russia and NATO had not been reciprocated by the alliance.