The Ukrainian leader says he ready for talks with the Russian president with or without Trump but refuses to go to Moscow<\/p>\n
Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky has said he is ready to meet either with Russian President Vladimir Putin alone or together with US President Donald Trump, \u201cwithout conditions\u201d but rejected a proposal to travel to Moscow for talks.
\nPutin has said he is ready in principle to meet Zelensky and suggested talks in Moscow, which Kiev rejected as \u201cdeliberately unacceptable.\u201d At the same time, Putin has questioned Zelensky\u2019s legitimacy and whether talks with him would be \u201cmeaningful.\u201d Zelensky\u2019s term expired in May 2024, but he has refused to hold elections, citing martial law. Trump has been pushing for direct talks between Zelensky and Putin and previously claimed that he would need to \u201cintervene\u201d personally to bring them together.
\nIn an interview with Sky News released on Tuesday, Zelensky said he is \u201cready to meet with President Trump and Putin trilaterally or bilaterally \u2026 without any kind of conditions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Asked whether he was prepared to travel to Moscow for talks at Putin\u2019s invitation, Zelensky said no, calling it the capital of the country that \u201cattacked\u201d Ukraine.
\nTrump suggested holding a one-on-one meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders first to allow them to exchange views directly before moving on to a broader summit.
\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said direct talks between Russia and Ukraine remain possible but are now \u201cpaused.\u201d He noted negotiators can use existing channels, though no meetings are planned. The Foreign Ministry said a Putin-Zelensky summit could happen only once a proper agenda is set, while Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov added that it would require a \u201creasonable response\u201d from Kiev to Moscow\u2019s proposals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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