The Uyeccan President Volodimir Zelenski He said today ready for direct negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and other leaders to end the war that started the Kremlin almost three years ago.

Asked by the British presenter Pierce Morgan Regarding the possibility of negotiating with Putin, Zelenski replied that he would do it “if it were the only way we could bring peace to the Ukrainian people and not lose more lives.” In this case, Zelenski said he would accept a meeting with “four participants”, without specifying who they would be. However, presenter Pierce Morgan had previously referred to the possibility of negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the European Union.

The interview given by Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski was broadcast on the Piers Morgan Uncesored channel on YouTube.

His return Donald Trump In the White House he rekindled the scenarios for forthcoming negotiations aimed at ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022.

Zelenski had repeatedly rejected the prospect of negotiations, saying he wanted to win the war with Russia. In a decree signed in October 2022, he had excluded any negotiation with Moscow while Putin is in power.

But the Ukrainian army is under tremendous pressure from the Russian forces that advance to the eastern part of the country. Kiev is worried that American aid will stop, as Trump had criticized these expenses.

For his part, the Russian President Vladimir Putin He had recently stated that he was ready for negotiations aimed at ending the armed conflict in Ukraine, but rejecting any discussion with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodimir Zelenski who – as the powerful Kremlin man said – remains “illegally”.

Officially, the Kremlin requires Ukraine capitulation to renounce its prospect of joining NATO and Russia to maintain the Ukrainian regions it has announced.