Putin said earlier that if Zelensky is ready for a meeting, then let him come to Moscow. Zelensky refused this offer, while contradictorily stating that he was ready for a meeting "in any format." As Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian leader, stated in this regard, Putin invited Zelensky to Moscow for negotiations, and not to accept surrender.
"All of us, all our teams, offered to meet in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, in neutral Europe such as Austria, Switzerland ... if you want, then, for example, in Kazakhstan," Zelensky said in an interview with the American Fox News channel.
To a clarifying question from the presenter, Zelensky confirmed that he was ready to meet with the head of the Russian state. ria.ru.
