Kyiv (Ukraine), June 5: Ukrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter to the Russian leader on June 4.
President Zelenskyy proposed that the two leaders should meet to agree an end to more than four years of conflict, warning that Kyiv stood ready to fight on otherwise.
He said that with the United States focused on the conflict in Iran, it would be wrong to simply wait until the conflict in Europe returns to the center of its attention.
The President also said that the path to peace had to start at the frontline and Ukraine stood for a full ceasefire for the duration of the negotiations.
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He proposed setting a clear date for a meeting and said several countries had traditionally hosted leaders to resolve issues of war and peace citing Switzerland, Turkey and the Arab nations.
In Moscow, the Kremlin said it had seen President Zelenskyy's letter and that President Putin would be briefed on it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia is ready to reach an agreement with Ukraine through peaceful means and is willing to accept the compromises discussed with US President Donald Trump in Anchorage.
However, Putin also stated that Russia has full control of the "Luhansk People's Republic."
He further stated that the country has also acquired control of about 85% of the "Donetsk People's Republic."
Eighty percent of the Zaporizhzhia region is under our control, and this process is progressing, Putin stated.
The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war, which escalated to a full-scale invasion in 2022. Considered as one of the longest wars in recent decades, Russia-Ukraine is currently in its fifth year.
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According to Al-Jazeera, about 4-5 lakh people have lost their lives due to the war, and tens of thousands of civilians have suffered heavy losses. The figures are based on estimates as neither Russia nor Ukraine has revealed the exact number of deaths.
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