Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who arrived in Moscow. He became the first European leader to meet Putin in person since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine..

Nehammer visited Kyiv on Saturday, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Nehammer's meeting with Putin lasted about an hour and a half in Novo-Ogaryovo and was held in a closed format - without protocol shots and a final press statement. According to the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov, the Austrian side insisted on this format..

UPD 17:57 As Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer described the negotiations, they were open and direct, but tough. The head of the Austrian government himself revealed the details of the meeting of politicians, the Austrian Press Agency reports..

Nehammer said that first of all he wanted to discuss humanitarian issues with the Russian president on the situation in Ukraine.. According to him, he called on Putin to end the hostilities on Ukrainian territory..

As the Austrian chancellor noted, he made it clear to the Russian president that the European Union sanctions against Moscow will remain in force and will be tightened..

As Nehammer previously reported, he is going to discuss a ceasefire with Putin, organizing humanitarian corridors and investigating war crimes in Ukraine..

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He also said that he informed Zelensky, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about his visit to Moscow..

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Nehammer is the first European leader to meet Putin in person since the Russian army invaded Ukraine.

During this time, Zelensky held meetings with Ursula von der Leyen, head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia.