As Reuters reports, the Russian president said on Wednesday that he was ready to meet with the Ukrainian president, in Moscow.
The news is broadcast by the Reuters news agency and comes after the Russian president’s meeting with Xi Jing and Kim Jong Un.
Specifically, the Russian president, answering a question about whether he is willing to have direct contact with the Ukrainian leader, noted that he did not reject such a possibility, but stressed that there was a need for “meaning” and meaningful content at the meeting. “I have never refused to do so if it leads to positive results,” he said.
“As for a meeting with Zelenski, I have never ruled out the possibility of such a meeting. But is there any meaning? Let’s see, “Putin said. “If Zelensky is ready, let’s come to Moscow,” he said.
He once again challenged Zelenski’s legitimacy as a Ukrainian president, calling him the “head of Ukrainian administration”. As he said, Ukraine must annul the military law, call for elections and hold a referendum on territorial issues if progress will be made.
‘There’s a light at the end of the tunnel’
At the same time, answering a question about the course of the war in Ukraine, he said there was “light at the end of the tunnel”. He noted that if the logic prevails, an acceptable way of the end of the conflict can be agreed.
He added that the US administration also seems to have the desire and will of finding a solution. However, it reiterated that if there is no agreement, Russia would have to resolve its goals through military actions.
Regarding the situation on the front, Putin said Russian forces were moving “on all fronts” in Ukraine, while estimating that Ukraine was not able to carry out large -scale attacks. On the contrary, she added, she is trying to fill her gaps by reorganizing her forces.
“We must not relax now, maybe they are preparing some reserve or major attacks, but the preliminary analysis of our military experts says that the Ukrainian army does not have this opportunity,” the Russian president said.
At the diplomatic level, the Russian leaders that Moscow is ready “if needed” to raise the level of its negotiators in talks with Ukraine, refusing to give more details.
He said he was satisfied with the work of the negotiators and personally with the head of the Russian delegation, Kremlin’s adviser Vladimir Mentinsky.
Putin also said that it is not his job to judge the work of US Special Envoy Steve Witkov, but last month’s summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska showed that Witkov was accurately.
Trump has a sense of humor
At the same time, Putin said that his US counterpart had a sense of humor when Donald Trump implied that the Russian Baptist has conspired with Chinese President Xi Jing and Kim Jong Un, North Korea.
Putin said that all the countries with which Russia had talks in China supported the Russia-US Summit in Alaska and expressed hope that talks could help end the war in Ukraine.
Yesterday, the US president said “very disappointed” with Putin and implied in a post on Truth Social that Si, Putin and Kim were conspiring against the US.
This comment was made by the Republican president after President Xi Jinping welcomed the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, including the Russian president, at the Summit held in Tianzin.
At a press conference today, the Russian leader stressed that an invitation is “on the table” for the US president to visit Russia, but there are no preparations for such a visit. Putin addressed the invitation when he met Trump in Alaska last month, completing their joint appearance in the press saying, in English, “next time in Moscow”.
Referring to a statement made yesterday by the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, who said Putin is “perhaps the most serious war criminal of our time” and that there is no room for such people, the Russian president emphasized that the Germany said.
