President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that today he does not plan to hold talks with the head of the aggressor country Vladimir Putin. In an interview with CNN, he explained his position.

According to Zelensky, it is not in his principles to start a conversation with a person putting forward ultimatums.

" I do not see any desire with them (Russia - ed.. ) sides to be constructive. As for their ultimatums, I don’t care who put forward these ultimatums - he (Putin - ed.. ) or someone else. This is my principle - I will not talk to those who issue ultimatums,"

Zelensky added that any agreements that can be reached between the parties are possible only if the enemy troops are completely withdrawn from Ukraine..

" I want the world to recognize that one thing is a diplomatic solution, and the other is Minsk-2, -3, -5, -10.

These are two different things, because Minsk is an empty piece of paper that will allow Russia to rest before the next invasion,"

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Recall that President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly stated that negotiations with Russia at this stage of the war are impossible due to Moscow's inability to adequately formulate its position..

Meanwhile, Russia still believes that they can dictate the terms for the meeting of the presidents. So the press secretary of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov, recently said that in order for these negotiations to take place, fundamental agreements are first needed..