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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed his willingness to engage in direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to the ongoing conflict, but only under specific conditions, including the presence of certain individuals during the discussions.
The Eastern Updates has gathered that President Donald Trump is dedicating significant efforts towards facilitating the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine, highlighting it as a key focus of his administration.
“If that is the only set-up in which we can bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine and not lose people, definitely we will go for this set-up,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan.
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Furthermore, he stressed that the inclusion of additional “participants” would be a condition for the meeting to go ahead.
“If people believe we must move to the diplomatic track, and I believe we are ready to move to the diplomatic track, there must be the US, Europe, Ukraine and Russia [at the talks],” Zelenskyy said
Providing more updates on the war, the President put Ukraine’s war dead at 45,100 people and injured at 390,000.
He estimated Russian losses at 350,000 dead and between 600,000 and 700,000 injured, with “many” Russian forces missing in action.
