Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy published an open letter to President Vladimir Putin in which he proposed the two leaders meet to agree an end to more than four years of war, warning that Kyiv stood ready to fight on otherwise.
In his letter, which the president's office said had been sent to other countries, including the United States, Zelenskyy said the majority of Russians had grown tired of Ukrainian missile and drone attacks, inflation and fuel shortages, and were ready for peace.
And the path to peace, he said, had to start at the frontline, ‘the line from which diplomacy must begin’. Ukraine, Zelenskyy said, stood for ‘a full ceasefire for the duration of the negotiations. This is standard practice.’
Putin has been informed about the letter, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
‘Yes, overnight we already handed over (to Putin) the written version. What came from the media was passed on to the president, and he has reviewed it. The president has been...
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