Zelenskyy Shows interest to meet Putin in Jerusalem.
According to ANI and The Kyiv Independent, amid a battle with Russia, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Jerusalem on Saturday.
According to The Kyiv Independent, Zelenskyy has also requested that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett act as an intermediary.
“I told (Bennett) that holding talks in Russia, Ukraine, or Belarus right now isn’t productive.” These are not the sites where we (the leaders of the participating countries) can agree to end the conflict… Do I regard Israel, especially Jerusalem, to be such a place? “I believe the answer is yes,” Zelenskyy told Reuters.
Bennett, acting as a mediator, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin for three hours last Saturday at Ukraine’s request.
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According to an official, according to Reuters, the Israeli PM has spoken with Putin twice on the phone and with Zelenskyy four times since then.
Furthermore, a top Ukrainian adviser has refuted a media report suggesting Bennett advised Ukraine to cave to Russia, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official.
In a tweet, the adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, stated that Israel, “like other conditional intermediary countries,” “does NOT offer Ukraine to accede to any demands of the Russian Federation.”
“For military and political considerations, this is unthinkable.” But, on the other hand, Israel wants Russia to do a more thorough assessment of the situation,” he continued.
Today, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister, stated that the country was willing to resolve the conflict but would not capitulate or accept any ultimatums.
Meanwhile, according to the AFP news agency, Zelenskyy stated that roughly 1,300 Ukrainian forces have died since the Russian assault on February 24.
On Friday, Ukraine’s President accused Russia of kidnapping Melitopol’s mayor and pleaded with France and Germany’s leaders to assist in his release. On February 26, Russian forces took Melitopol, 150,000 people.
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