Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for stepped-up peace negotiations with Russia and said Kyiv had offered that a new round of talks be held in the coming week.

Rustem Umerov, who was appointed secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in a government reshuffle last week, “proposed another meeting with the Russian side for next week,” Zelenskyy said in a video address posted on X Saturday evening.

“The pace of negotiations must be increased,” the Ukrainian leader said. “Everything must be done to achieve a ceasefire.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignored calls from U.S. President Donald Trump to implement a ceasefire, while Kyiv has agreed to one on the condition that Russia stop its attacks on Ukraine.

In the latest Russian attack, more than 300 strike drones and 30 missiles targeted Ukrainian cities Friday night and early Saturday, including the port city of Odessa, where one person was killed and six others injured, Zelenskyy said Saturday. Russia’s capital Moscow has been attacked by Ukrainian drones for several nights in a row, local officials and media reported.

In his address late Saturday, Zelenskyy said he was working on having the European Union’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia implemented by other European countries who are allied with Ukraine but not members of the EU. He also said “agreements” with Trump on a new arms deal — involving both the purchase of U.S.-made weapons and the export of Ukrainian drones — should be “implemented as soon as possible.”

Zelenskyy reiterated his willingness to meet with Putin and discuss an end to the war, and accused Russia of “hiding from decisions.”

“A meeting at the level of leaders is needed to truly ensure peace — a really lasting one,” Zelenskyy said. “Ukraine is ready for such a meeting,” he added.