Zelenskyy asks Putin for meeting: What’s he offering, could Russia accept?

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has written an open letter to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and proposed a meeting to discuss ending Moscow’s four-year war on Kyiv. The letter, which was published in full on the Ukrainian president’s website on Thursday and sent via diplomatic channels to Russia as well as countries including the United States, comes as Russia’s war on Ukraine continues to rage into its fifth year. Recommended Stories list of 3 items end of list On Thursday, at least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine, according to Ukrainian authorities. Zelenskyy also commemorated at least 707 children killed by Russian attacks during the two countries’ more than four-year-long war. Meanwhile, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, at least four people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks on Thursday. Ukraine also struck an oil complex and naval base in St Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday. Russia and Ukraine have been holding indirect peace talks since the war began in February 2022, but with little or no concrete outcomes. US President Donald Trump has also met both Putin and Zelenskyy, seeking to bring them to the negotiating table to discuss ending the war, but so far, his efforts have not borne fruit. …