Kremlin denies Putin-Trump talks on Ukraine peace summit in US
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have not discussed organizing a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the US, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said. Zelenskyy had proposed talks in a format where Putin would find it harder to refuse.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have not discussed the possibility of organizing a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the US, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday. According to Russia's state news agency Tass, Ushakov said Moscow had received no proposals regarding such a meeting.
Zelenskyy's proposal
His remarks came after Zelenskyy said on Monday that he and Trump had discussed the possibility of holding talks in the US "in a format where Putin would find it much harder to refuse." "We will see what comes of it. If Russia refuses this chance as well, additional pressure will be needed," Zelenskyy said.
G7 Summit offer
Zelenskyy also said Kyiv had discussed with the US and France the possibility of holding talks with Russia on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, but claimed that Putin was unwilling to participate. "We offered Putin to meet anywhere where real decisions to end the war could be made. He does not want it," Zelenskyy said.
Kremlin response
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had not received an invitation to the G7 Summit for a meeting with Zelenskyy. "Of course not. And as you know, there are no official channels between Moscow and Kyiv," Peskov said, adding that Putin had told Zelenskyy "everything" and that Kyiv knows what is required for serious negotiations.
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