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Zelenskyy Rejects Moscow Talks With Putin: “He Can Come to Kyiv”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s suggestion of holding bilateral talks in Moscow, insisting that such an idea is unacceptable while Ukraine remains under daily missile attacks. Instead, he proposed that Putin could travel to Kyiv if he is serious about negotiations.
According to ABC News, Zelenskyy made the comments during an interview on September 6. “He can come to Kyiv. […] I cannot go to the capital of this terrorist,” the Ukrainian president stated, underlining that any talks in Moscow are out of the question.
Zelenskyy argued that the Russian proposal was never intended to make the meeting happen. Rather, he described it as a tactic to delay or avoid dialogue altogether.
“If a person does not want to meet during a war, of course, they may suggest something that will not be acceptable for me or for others,” he said.
On September 3, Putin publicly stated that he “does not exclude” a meeting with Zelenskyy, but only if the Ukrainian president agreed to travel to Moscow.
Zelenskyy responded that the proposal was deliberately framed in a way that could not be accepted, while reiterating his readiness for talks in “any format” that does not undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Earlier, on September 3, Russian leader Vladimir Putin suggested meeting Zelenskyy in Moscow “if he is prepared.” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha rejected the offer, calling the conditions “unacceptable” and stressing that several countries—including Austria, Switzerland, Türkiye, and Gulf states—had already expressed readiness to host such a summit.
