<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to dialogue with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territories occupied by Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin said Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"Putin again confirmed Russia's openness to serious dialogue on the condition of Kyiv authorities fulfilling the well-known and repeatedly voiced requirements of taking into account the new territorial realities," the Kremlin said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Erdogan had called for peace talks in the phone call with Putin, his office said earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian troops occupy large swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin claims it has annexed the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions despite not controlling them in their entirety.</div><div><br></div><div>"The Russian side emphasised the destructive role of Western states, pumping the Kyiv regime with weapons and military equipment, providing it with operational information and targets," the statement added.</div><div><br></div><div>The leaders also discussed the implementation of a landmark grain deal, brokered by the UN with the help of Turkey, to unblock Ukrainian grain.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin said the pair discussed "the unblocking of food and fertiliser supplies from Russia" and the need for "the removal of all barriers to Russian exports."</div><div><br></div><div>Russia briefly exited the deal in October after a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet. It re-entered the deal within days but officials have complained of restrictions on Russian products.</div><div><br></div><div>Putin sent troops to Ukraine in Febuary last year.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>