{"id":1391477,"date":"2026-05-09T22:28:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/putin-declared-readiness-to-meet-with-zelensky-conditions-named\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T05:08:12","slug":"putin-declared-readiness-to-meet-with-zelensky-conditions-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/putin-declared-readiness-to-meet-with-zelensky-conditions-named\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Signals Zelenskyy Meeting \u2014 But Only on Kremlin Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not only in Moscow but also in a third country. At the same time, the Kremlin leader said that such a meeting is possible only to sign an agreement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by Russian media.<\/p>\n

Putin made the relevant statements during a press conference after a military parade in Moscow. According to him, the United States “sincerely seeks a settlement,” but he called the issue of negotiations a matter for Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

“I am ready to meet with Zelensky, but only to sign an agreement,” said Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin leader also accused Ukraine of not making any proposals for a prisoner exchange. He stated that Russia had allegedly previously provided Kyiv with proposals and a list of Ukrainian military personnel held in captivity.<\/p>\n

“Even before Trump’s proposal, Russia sent Ukraine a proposal for an exchange of prisoners of war… No proposals from Kyiv for an exchange of prisoners have been received so far,” Putin said.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Russian president said that Moscow had handed over to Ukraine a list of 500 Ukrainian prisoners of war. During the press conference, Putin also made a number of statements regarding the war against Ukraine. In particular, he said that the Russian-Ukrainian war was supposedly “coming to an end.”<\/p>\n

“I think that the matter in the Ukrainian conflict is coming to an end,” the Kremlin head said.<\/p>\n

Putin also once again voiced his own version of the reasons for the start of the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“The events in Ukraine began after Kyiv’s attempts to associate with the EU,” the Russian president said.<\/p>\n

Separately, he stated that the strikes on the center of Kyiv were allegedly “a response to provocations.”<\/p>\n

As “Pryamiy” reported, the day before, Ukraine announced its readiness to hold a meeting at the highest level with Russia<\/a> with the participation of international partners. This is a format of negotiations involving the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and, probably, the United States.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his intention to\u00a0hold trilateral<\/a><\/span> talks with the United States and Russia on the territory of Azerbaijan<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Kremlin said that Vladimir Putin is ready for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, but it must be meaningful and productive. It clarified that the Russian dictator does not rule out negotiations and is ready to meet in Moscow at any time.<\/p>\n

As a reminder, at the end of last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared his readiness to meet with Vladimir Putin in any format<\/a>. He called the key condition the correspondence of Russia’s statements to its real actions.<\/p>\n

Also follow \u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a>, X,\u00a0Telegram<\/a>, and Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy not only in Moscow but also in a third country. At the same time, the Kremlin leader said that such a meeting is possible only to sign an agreement. This is reported by Russian media. Putin made the relevant statements […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1387303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76885],"class_list":["post-1391477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1391477"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1391498,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391477\/revisions\/1391498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1387303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1391477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1391477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}