The Ukrainian President has slammed Vladimir Putin after he accused Volodymyr Zelensky if being “illegitimate.”
Putin is refusing to hold peace talks with President Zelensky because he is wrongly branding the Ukrainian leader as “illegitimate” who “has not right to say anything.”
President Zelensky said state TV, “Today, Putin once again proved that he is afraid of negotiations, afraid of strong leaders, and is doing everything possible to drag out the war. Every step he takes, every cynical manoeuvre, is aimed at making this war endless.”
The Russian despot said on Tuesday, “Negotiations can be held with anyone.
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“But due to (Zelensky’s) illegitimacy he has no right to sign anything.
“If (Zelensky) wants to take part in talks, I will delegate people who will conduct such talks. But the (key) issue is the ultimate signing of the documents.”
Ukrainian legal experts have claimed this is nothing more than a poor attempt at Russian propaganda and said Putin’s claims are baseless.
Writing on X, President Zelensky said, “Instead of pursuing peace, Putin is either continuing large-scale killings or seeking a pause to prepare for another full-scale invasion using hybrid attacks.”
He then urged world leaders to learn from past mistakes, “Putin may have immense power to destroy, but his heart is too small and cowardly to withstand real pressure from strong leaders,” the Kyiv Independent reports.
Putin has said that the war will be over within two months or less if the West stops all military aid to Ukraine.
Putin told a reporter, “They will not exist for a month if the money and, in a broad sense, the bullets run out. Everything would be over in a month and a half or two.”
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