Putin rejected in early May the calls to meet with Zelenski in Türkiye, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, declared that such an encounter should be the result of “Concrete agreements” between Russia and Ukraine.
Trump, on the other hand, expressed his frustration both to Putin and Zelenski for Not yet reached a ceasefire agreement.
During his electoral campaign, the Republican tycoon He promised to end the conflict in 24 hoursbut the bombings did not stop in recent weeks.
Ukraine launched almost 300 drones against Russia On the night of May 27, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that his forces intercepted the devices.
“If Putin does not feel comfortable with a bilateral meeting, youI all prefer a trilateral meeting, it doesn’t bother me. I am ready for any format, ”Zelenski told reporters on Tuesday.
His comments, however, were disseminated on Wednesday, shortly before his arrival Berlin, where he will meet with the new German head of government Friedrich Merz.
He German Chancellor is a firm support for kyiv and promoted the country’s defense spending to create “the strongest conventional army” in Europe.
The head of Russian diplomacy, Serguéi Lavrov, said the plans of Reinforcement of the German army were “very worrying”.
In his statements, the Ukrainian president also said that I expected “United States sanctions”especially against “the energy sector and the Russian banking system, in response to the attacks of Moscow and its rejection of accepting a truce.
“Trump confirmed that if Russia does not stop, sanctions will be imposed. We talk to him about two main aspects: Energy and banking system. Can the United States impose sanctions on these two sectors? I would like it very much, ”Zelenski asked.
Russian troops near Sumi
Recently, Trump wrote on his social truth platform that I had always maintained good relations with Putin.
“But something has happened to him,” he added. ¡“He has gone completely crazy!”He said, after massive bombings with drones kill at least 13 people in Ukraine.
Since the conflict began in February 2022, Tens of thousands of people have diedmuch of the East and South of Ukraine has been destroyed and the Moscow Army now controls around a fifth of the Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia was annexed in 2014.
In the field, Zelenski warned that Russia was concentrating “More than 50 thousand soldiers” Near the Ukrainian region of Sumi, in the northeast of the country, with a view to a possible offensive against this border territory.
Russia seeks to create “a damping zone” in that area, he added.
Russia mentioned a “memorandum” last week in which he would exhibit his conditions for a lasting peace agreement, But kyiv did not receive it yet, Zelenski continued.
“We will read their proposals And we will certainly respond to them ”once we have received them, he said.
Russian diplomacy had said that this document would transmit to kyiv once the broad exchange of prisoners was over.