The Ukrainian leader announced on April 26 that he had instructed to start preparations for a meeting with his Russian counterpart.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to discuss the end of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories, in particular Crimea, if he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This was announced by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in an interview for Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty's Ukrainian Service.
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This was his comment on statements made by the Kremlin that Putin was ready to talk only about bilateral relations between Ukraine and Russia.
"Russian aggression against Ukraine is, by definition, bilateral relations. Therefore, here is the art of diplomatic interpretation, which we can endlessly make use of," Kuleba said.
"But we understand that the main purpose of the conversation between President Zelensky and President Putin is to end the war in Ukraine, to end the occupation of our territories. What is more, I assure you, the President of Ukraine means both Donbas and Crimea when he speaks of the end of the occupation of the territories," he added.