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Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a Volodymyr Zelensky meeting in Moscow. (Illustration photo)
War in Ukraine – Russia takes the lead. While a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky is envisaged, sources close to the file report this Tuesday, August 19, that the Russian president proposed to organize this exchange in Russia during his call with Donald Trump on Monday.
“Putin said Moscow”one of these sources told AFP. The Ukrainian President, who was then in the White House with European leaders, “Replied” no “”according to the same source.
Donald Trump said he was going “Start preparations” of a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, who so far rejected such a meeting, after a “ very good ” Interview with the Ukrainian president and several European leaders.
In the next two weeks
The Russian president agreed with this future meeting, which should occur in the next two weeks during a telephone interview with his American counterpart. For his part, the Ukrainian president said on Monday that he was ” ready “ to a bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart. The two men have not met since 2019.
Donald Trump clarified on his social social network that the meeting would be followed by a three-year meeting with himself, aiming to end at three and a half years of conflict.
In the same way as Ukraine, Russia warned this Tuesday that any potential peace agreement should guarantee its ” security “ And those of Russian -speaking inhabitants in Ukraine, a pretext already brandished to launch its invasion in 2022.
