Ukraine war briefing: Putin says ‘no point’ meeting Zelenskyy, insists Russia will win the war (opens in new tab)

Putin’s rejection of Zelenskyy’s offer comes as Russian attacks killed five people in Kherson. What we know on day 1,564Vladimir Putin has to hold a face-to-face meeting, insisting instead that Russia will achieve its war goals in Ukraine, including seizing all of the eastern Donbas region. Speaking at a St Petersburg economic forum, the Russian president described an containing the offer as rude. He refused to use Zelenskyy’s name, referring to him only as its author, and said he saw “no poi...