Putin rejects Zelenskyy meeting offer on Ukraine war (opens in new tab)

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal for face-to-face talks, saying at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on June 5 that he saw “no point” in meeting now and that negotiators should first work on a possible settlement. Zelenskyy published an open letter a day earlier calling for direct talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, proposing negotiations in a third country and saying Ukraine was ready for a full ceasefire during them...