In a categorical manner, Ukraine rejected the Russian president’s proposal, Vladimir Putin to meet the Volodimir Zelenski in Moscow for peace talks.
In particular, the Ukrainian government announced today (03.08.2025) that the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin to met With his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, to Moscow is unacceptable.
Foreign Minister Andriy Sibicha said at least seven countries including Austria, the Vatican, Switzerland and three Gulf countries are ready to host such a meeting.
«These are serious sentences and President Zelenski is ready for similar meetings at any time“, He wrote in his post on X.” However, Putin continues to put them on with everyone knowing his unacceptable suggestions».
Putin’s proposal
Earlier, Vladimir Putin said he was ready to talk with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski if the Ukrainian president goes to Moscow.
The Russian president stressed that Moscow will achieve its goals in Ukraine militarily if negotiations with Kiev failwhile assuring that the Russian military forces will remain “in the attack” all over the front.
Zelenski is pushing to meet Putin to discuss the terms of a possible agreement and US President Donald Trump – who is trying to mediate a peacekeeping settlement – said he wants to take place a Zelenski – Putin meeting.
Speaking from Beijing, at the end of his visit there, The Russian president said he is always open to meeting Zelenski, but reiterated the Kremlin’s firm position that Such a meeting must be well prepared in advance and lead to tangible results.
“As for a meeting with Zelenski, I have never ruled out the possibility of such a meeting. But is there any meaning? Let’s see, “Putin said.
«If Zelenski is ready, let’s come to Moscow“, He stressed characteristically, while once again questioning Zelenski’s legitimacy as Ukrainian president, calling him” Head of Ukrainian Administration “.
‘Russian troops are moving forward’
As he said, Ukraine must annul the military law, call for elections and hold a referendum on territorial issues if progress will be made.
Russia unilaterally attached four Ukrainian regions in 2022, a move that Kiev and most western countries have rejected as an attempted unlawful rapture as a result of a colonial conquest.
The Russian president also said that Russian forces advance to all fronts in Ukraine And that Ukraine is not capable of conducting a large -scale attack.
“All the units of the Russian Armed Forces are in attack” in all areas of the front, he said, believing that Kiev troops do not have the means to carry out “big offensive operations” and only try to keep their positions.
Developments in the diplomatic field
At the diplomatic level, the Russian leaders that Moscow is ready ‘if needed’ to raise the level of negotiators In talks with Ukraine, refusing to give more details.
He said he was satisfied with the work of the negotiators and personally with the head of the Russian delegation, Kremlin’s adviser Vladimir Mentinsky.
Putin also said that it is not his job to judge the work of US Special Envoy Steve Whitkov, but last month’s summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska showed that Witkov was accurately conveyed to the US.