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 nan years-long warfare betwixt their 2 nations.

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

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

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

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

"Since nan warfare is taking spot successful Europe, and since Ukraine needs information guarantees, while you besides activity 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 nan capacity to power nan situation. We besides judge that nan United States must beryllium portion of nan process. This is what could thief style a caller information architecture for our portion of nan world," he said.

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

He indicated that Ukraine would work together to a ceasefire during nan projected negotiations.

"Ukraine is fresh for a afloat ceasefire for nan long of nan negotiations. This is modular practice, and existent developments astir Iran only reenforce that point. An effort to found existent soundlessness is nan champion measurement 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," he noted.

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

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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shingle hands astatine a news convention 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 do not personally travel to nan conclusion that it is clip to extremity this war, Ukraine will proceed fighting for its existence. We will person those who support us. But you, too, will person to conflict overmuch harder for your ain beingness — not Russia’s, but your own. And this is not a threat from maine aliases from Ukraine. It is simply a truth of Russian history that you cognize well: erstwhile Russia grows tired, alteration comes," Zelenskyy warned Putin.