Russia is open to listening to President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals on ending the war, an official said, as a Russian drone killed one person and wounded 13 in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa and the European Union’s foreign policy chief held talks in Kiev after the change in US leadership.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow and Washington were “exchanging signals” about Ukraine through “closed channels”. He did not specify whether the communication was with the current administration or with Trump and members of his incoming administration.

Russia is ready to listen to Trump’s proposals on Ukraine, provided that they are “ideas on how to move forward in the settlement area, and not in the area of ​​continuing to pump the Kiev regime with all kinds of aid.” Ryabkov said in an interview on Saturday. with the Russian state news agency Interfax.

In Kiev, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha told reporters that Ukraine is ready to work with the Trump administration.

“Remember that President (Volodymyr) Zelenskyy was one of the first world leaders … to welcome President Trump,” he said. “It was a frank conversation (and) an exchange of thoughts on further cooperation.”

“Also during the phone call, further steps to establish communication between the teams were discussed and this work also began. Therefore, we are open for further cooperation and I am sure that a unified goal of reaching a just peace unites us all,” Sybiha said.

Sybiha appeared alongside EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who said his visit was meant to underline the European Union’s support for Ukraine.

“This support remains unwavering. This support is absolutely necessary for you to continue to defend yourself against Russian aggression,” he said.

Borrell called for “faster deliveries and fewer self-imposed red lines” to get Western weapons into Ukraine. He had called on allies in August to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western-supplied long-range weapons to strike Russian military targets.

In Odesa, regional governor Oleh Kiper said high-rise residential buildings, private homes and warehouses in the Black Sea port city were damaged overnight by a drone “fall”. He did not say whether the drone was shot down by anti-aircraft defenses.

A further 32 Russian drones were shot down in 10 Ukrainian regions, while 18 were “lost”, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, likely to have been electronically jammed.

A Russian aerial bomb hit a busy highway in the northeastern province of Kharkiv overnight, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekohov said. No casualties were reported.

Russia is waging an intensified air campaign that Ukrainian officials say they need more Western help to counter. However, doubts are deepening about what Kiev can expect from a new US administration. Trump has repeatedly disputed US aid to Ukraine, made vague vows to end the war and praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In Russia, the Defense Ministry said 50 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in seven Russian regions – more than half over the Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine.