Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Vladimir Putin does not want to end the war. Thus, he commented on the Russian President’s response to his open letter.
“Unfortunately, the Russian side is choosing war again – everyone heard the answer today. Weak answer. He does not want to end the war. I think many in the world are disappointed with this answer. He does not want to change anything and does not want to admit that only he and those who extract money from him like his war – were all very smiling today. This means that Russia should have less money, and more pressure on Russia. I thank everyone who helps us! I thank everyone who is with Ukraine, who the Ukrainian President’s Telegram channel says: “He wants peace.” “The real one.”
On the evening of June 4, Zelensky published an open letter to Putin. In it, he called on the Russian President to meet in person to agree to end the war.
The next day, Putin, speaking at the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, said he saw no point in meeting with Zelensky now. According to him, Ukraine wants to stop the Russian army’s attack in this way.
Putin also claims that Zelensky requested a personal meeting with him through a Russian businessman, weeks before he published an open letter proposing to end the war. This proposal was conveyed to Putin on May 21, and the next day “Ukrainian forces carried out a horrific terrorist attack on a university residence in the Lugansk People’s Republic, where children and teenagers died.” According to him, the businessman asked “what does it mean – they ask for a meeting and commit such terrible crimes.”