{"id":262,"date":"2025-09-06T17:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2025-09-08T08:47:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T08:47:21","slug":"zelensky-on-putins-moscow-invitation-he-can-come-to-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globaltaalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/zelensky-on-putins-moscow-invitation-he-can-come-to-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky on Putin\u2019s Moscow invitation: \u2018He can come to Kyiv\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rebuffed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation for a summit<\/a> in Moscow, saying Friday that the Kremlin leader \u201ccan come to\u201d Kyiv instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He can come to Kyiv. I can’t go to Moscow when my country’s under missiles, under attack, each day,” Zelensky said in an interview<\/a> with ABC News that was released Friday evening.\u00a0“I can’t go to the capital of this terrorist.”<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader said that Putin\u2019s offer for a summit on his own turf was meant to “postpone the meeting\u201d and he reiterated that he is ready to meet with the Russian president in “any kind of format.” <\/p>\n

Still, Putin has questioned the need for a meeting as Russian officials have suggested<\/a> direct peace talks in the more than three-year-long war are still a way off<\/a>. On Wednesday, the Kremlin leader suggested Zelensky come to Moscow <\/a>instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could do \u2014 I\u2019ve never refused to do that if that leads to some positive outcomes,\u201d Putin said of a potential huddle. \u201c[President Trump] asked me if it was possible. I said, \u2018Yes, it was possible.\u2019 I said, \u2018Let him come to Moscow.'”<\/p>\n

As part of his quest to end the war in Eastern Europe, Trump has pushed for Zelensky and Putin to schedule an in-person meeting<\/a>, particularly after meeting<\/a> with both leaders<\/a> in the U.S., separately, last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recently, the president cast doubt about the prospects of a summit<\/a>, suggesting that \u201cmaybe they have to fight a little longer,\u201d but expressed more confidence in a trilateral meeting between the three world leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cA [trilateral] would happen. A [bilateral], I don\u2019t know about, but a tri will happen. But, you know, sometimes people aren\u2019t ready for it,\u201d the president said in last week\u2019s interview<\/a> with The Daily Caller. <\/p>\n

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also suggested last week<\/a> that it is \u201cclear\u201d that a meeting between Putin and Zelensky will not take place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zelensky told ABC News\u2019 Martha Raddatz in Friday’s interview that the Russian president is “playing games\u201d with the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“If a person doesn’t want to meet during the war, of course, he can propose something which can\u2019t be acceptable by me or by others,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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