"We are preparing. For October," Budanov said, The Kyiv Independent reports.
He does not comment on where the meeting would be held in that case.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff met with both President Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last weekend.
After that meeting, Zelenskyy said he saw a window for diplomacy before winter. He said on Saturday that he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in December, but Russia has responded that this is not an option.
