KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he’s open for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Israel, but only if a cease-fire is in place.
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Zelenskyy said Saturday he told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that he would be ready to meet Putin in Jerusalem. Bennett visited Moscow for a meeting with Putin and spoke repeatedly with Zelenskyy and the leaders of France and Germany as he sought to help mediate an end to the war.
Zelenskyy said Bennett informed him about his talks with Putin, adding that he can’t share details.
Putin has ignored numerous previous offers of talks from Zelenskyy.
Speaking at a news conference, Zelenskyy said the Russians could take the Ukrainian capital “only if they kill us all.”
“If that is their goal, let them come,” he said. “If they carry out carpet bombings and wipe off the historic memory of the entire region, the history of Kyivan Rus, the history of Europe, they could enter Kyiv but they will have to live on that land alone, certainly without us.
“Even if they bring a million Russians here, they can’t occupy Ukraine,” he added.
Zelenskyy again deplored NATO’s refusal to declare a no-fly zone over Ukraine despite its repeated pleas. He said that Ukraine has sought for ways to procure air defense assets, but he wouldn’t mention any details.
Let them meet on the South Lawn of the White House where the white gloved former President can serve up brewskies. Has stupid completely taken over the world, YES!
At some point the Russians will have to talk this out. If only to make arrangements for their retreat.
By the way, did you see the reports that many fancy jets controlled by Russian insiders are sheltering in Israel?
Looks just like the foolish Nera Karta with the shawls. The Ukrainians killed, maimed, violated, our ancestors and we wrap ourselves in their accursed flags. No sense of reason or what happened
It would be amusing for Putin to be forced to leave Russia to surrender.