Russian government spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says President Vladimir Putin is open to contact with Donald Trump.

Peskov's comments on Friday come after the US president-elect claimed the day before that a meeting is being set up.

He says no specific details have been reached, but there will likely be some movement after Trump's inauguration this month.

Peskov also said the Kremlin welcomes Trump's readiness for dialogue.

The US president-elect has said that he expects the war in Ukraine to be over within six months after he takes office.

But Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi told reporters on Friday that Russia's position has not changed.

He says Moscow apparently seeks to expand the war, and ending the invasion will be extremely difficult.

On Wednesday, 13 people were killed in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia when Russian forces launched an attack using glide bombs.

Ukraine's air force said on Thursday that Russian forces have used more than 51,000 glide bombs since they began invading Ukraine, adding that about 40,000 of them were used last year.