Volodymyr Zelensky wrote an open letter to Vladimir Putin on June 4. In the letter, the Ukrainian president proposed a personal meeting with the Russian president to negotiate an end to the Russian-Ukrainian war, which is in its fifth year. by The Kyiv Independent Ukrainian newspaper.
In the letter, Zelenskiy wrote that Putin spent almost half of his 26-year career in power fighting the war against Ukraine (a total of 12 years have passed since the occupation of Crimea and the armed conflict that erupted in eastern Ukraine). “Whatever you say about NATO, geopolitics and the Russian language, this war is your personal choice, a war for no real reason. That’s how it will go down in the history books.”
In the letter, the Ukrainian president asked Putin to meet in a neutral country to work out the terms of a peace treaty. Zelensky was open to a complete ceasefire during the negotiations and to starting the peace talks with a full exchange of prisoners. In the letter, Zelensky called on Putin to set a clear date for the meeting. According to him, both the United States and Europe should have a role in the negotiations.
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, responded to the Ukrainian president’s open letter. According to Peskov, Zelensky can travel to Moscow at any time if he wants to meet the Russian head of state, reports MTI.
The article has been updated with the Kremlin’s reaction.
