Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to fulfill in Moscow, calling the selection of such an unrealistic assembly place an indication that Russia just isn’t genuinely concerned with negotiations.
The Ukrainian chief stated in an interview with US media, “I can not go to the capital of this terrorist” as a result of Ukraine is “beneath missile assaults, beneath hearth day by day”.
“(Putin) can come to Kyiv,” Zelensky stated in response, as quoted by EuroNews.
US President Donald Trump has been pushing for face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents. A bilateral or trilateral assembly was one of many fundamental targets of Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska final month.
Trump later stated Putin and Zelenskyy would meet after the Ukrainian president visits Washington and talks with European leaders, however Moscow has been placing further circumstances on the desk, stalling a choice and stepping up shelling of Ukrainian cities.
This week, Putin stated he was “prepared” to fulfill with Zelenskyy, however in Moscow. On Friday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov defined that Zelenskyy had been invited to the Russian capital “to speak, to not capitulate,” as per EuroNews.
The day earlier than, talking in Paris after the summit of the “coalition of the resolute,” Zelenskyy commented on Putin’s invitation.
“I consider that in order for you the assembly to not happen, you must invite me to Moscow,” Zelenskyy stated, including that the truth that the Russian management voiced any choices for a private assembly in any respect is an accomplishment by itself, as per EuroNews.
On Saturday, Zelenskyy wrote on social media that Russia launched greater than 1,300 drones, almost 900 guided bombs and a few 50 missiles of assorted varieties at Ukraine throughout the first 5 days of September.
He stated the strikes hit 14 areas of the nation, as per EuroNews.
“One thing will occur, however they don’t seem to be prepared but… We will do it,” Trump advised US media the identical day, with out specifying any timeline for talks that Washington would discover acceptable, EuroNews reported.