Zelensky to ABC News: I won't go to this terrorist's capital, Putin to come to Kiev

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to go to Moscow to negotiate a diplomatic deal, raising the issue for the first time in an interview with ABC News.

“He can come to Kiev“, Zelensky said. “I can't go to Moscow when my country is under missile attacks every day. I can't go to this terrorist's capital.“

Putin “understands that“, he told the interviewer.
Zelensky also said that Putin's offer was intended to “postpone the meeting“ and confirmed that he was “ready for the meeting“ in “any format“.

Putin “is playing games with the United States“, Zelensky added.

“If someone does not want to meet during the war, of course, he can offer something that may not be acceptable to me or others“, the Ukrainian president also said.
Zelensky has repeatedly stated that Putin is not looking for a meeting with him while he continues to wage the war in Ukraine.