“Putin stated that the point of negotiating the end of the war in Ukraine is not with Zelensky, but with international players.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Putin at a press conference following the results of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, Interfax reports
Direct speech: “Of course, we want to reach an agreement with Ukraine in the end. But this is simply practically impossible now, legally impossible…
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Details: Putin claims that “signing documents with the Ukrainian leadership is pointless.”
Direct speech:“I believe that the Ukrainian leadership made a fundamental, strategic mistake when it was afraid to go to the presidential elections, after which the president lost his legitimate status.”
What preceded: Putin has already called Zelensky an illegitimate president many times. For example, in May 2024, the master of the Kremlin said that Zelensky’s legitimacy “has ended” and he, Putin, “needs to understand who to deal with in order to sign legally binding documents.”