Zelenskyy issues open letter to Putin proposing meeting as US 'fully focused' on Iran

In an unfastened missive to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy projected gathering to scope a solution to the years-long warfare betwixt their 2 nations.

"We spot that the United States is afloat focused connected the contented of Iran, and it would beryllium incorrect to simply hold until the warfare successful Europe returns to the halfway of its attention. Ukraine proposes ending this warfare done nonstop engagement betwixt america — and you. I americium proposing a meeting," Zelenskyy said successful the letter.

"There are countries that person traditionally hosted leaders to resoluteness issues of warfare and peace. Switzerland, Türkiye, the countries of the Arab satellite — galore are capable and consenting to big specified a meeting. It is leaders who resoluteness the cardinal issues. That has ever been the case, and it ever volition be," helium asserted.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (not seen) clasp a associated property league successful Kyiv, Ukraine, connected June 3, 2026. (Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Zelenskyy suggested that Europe and the U.S. should besides beryllium progressive successful the bid process.

"Since the warfare is taking spot successful Europe, and since Ukraine needs information guarantees, portion you besides question information guarantees for yourself, it would beryllium logical to impact those who tin genuinely service arsenic guarantors. We judge Europe should beryllium portion of this process — those who genuinely person the capableness to power the situation. We besides judge that the United States indispensable beryllium portion of the process. This is what could assistance signifier a caller information architecture for our portion of the world," helium said.

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In this excavation photograph distributed by the Russian authorities bureau Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering of the Presidential Council for the Implementation of State Policy connected the Promotion of the Russian Language and the Languages of the Peoples of Russia via video nexus astatine the Kremlin successful Moscow connected June 2, 2026. (Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

He indicated that Ukraine would hold to a ceasefire during the projected negotiations.

"Ukraine is acceptable for a afloat ceasefire for the duration of the negotiations. This is modular practice, and existent developments astir Iran lone reenforce that point. An effort to found existent soundlessness is the champion mode to statesman talking to 1 another. We judge it would not simply beryllium an attempt, but a existent ceasefire — if that is what you want," helium noted.

He besides suggested a captive swap betwixt the 2 nations, noting, "Ukraine is acceptable for an all-for-all speech of prisoners of war, and this could go a bully prologue to ending the war. Serious steps indispensable beryllium taken to instrumentality civilians and children who were taken distant during the war."

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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shingle hands astatine a quality league pursuing a gathering astatine Trump’s Mar-a-Lago nine connected Dec. 28, 2025, successful Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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"If you bash not personally travel to the decision that it is clip to extremity this war, Ukraine volition proceed warring for its existence. We volition person those who enactment us. But you, too, volition person to combat overmuch harder for your ain beingness — not Russia’s, but your own. And this is not a menace from maine oregon from Ukraine. It is simply a information of Russian past that you cognize well: erstwhile Russia grows tired, alteration comes," Zelenskyy warned Putin.