Kremlin States That Meeting Between Putin and Zelensky Is Only Possible at the Final Stage of a Peace Agreement
The Kremlin has indicated that a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should only take place as a final step in finalizing a peace agreement. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that the likelihood of such a meeting occurring by the end of August, as proposed by Ukraine, is slim.
"A summit meeting can and should put the final point on a settlement and cement the modalities and agreements worked out by experts. It is impossible to do it the other way round,"…