Putin refuses meeting with Zelenskyy. “How weak”

“It doesn’t make sense,” said the president of Russia. President of Ukraine speaks of a “weak response” from those who do not want to end the war.

It was an unprecedented advance in . Not on the ground, but in diplomacy, in the “dialogue” between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia. Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote an open letter to Vladimir Putinproposing a meeting between the two.

“Ukraine proposes to end this war through direct engagement between us. I propose a meeting”, the President of Ukraine in the letter.

First, the Kremlin said that Zelenskyy could meet Putin in Moscow “at any time”.

But a day later, Putin says there is no point in meeting Zelenskyy.

“It doesn’t make sense let’s get together. It would only make sense for the Ukrainian side to stop the advance of our Armed Forces. Just that. And we need agreements,” said Vladimir Putin during the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.

There are others previous steps: “Let the experts do their work, let them develop some solutions, and then we can come together.”

The President of Russia repeated that the war will only end when your country achieves what it wants: “We assume that hostilities will end one day. And, without a doubt, they will cease when we have achieved the objectives we set ourselves.”

Volodymyr Zelenskyy lamenta this answer: “Unfortunately, the Russian side is opting for war again — everyone heard today’s answer. weak response. (Putin) simply doesn’t want to end the war.”

“I think many people in the world were disappointed with this answer. He doesn’t want to change anything and he doesn’t want to admit that only he and those who take money from him, like himself, are involved in this war – everyone was smiling today”, added the president, in his daily speech.