Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he thought the Ukraine war was coming to an end.
“I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin told reporters on Saturday of the Ukraine war.
He also said he is ready to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but only to finalise a peace agreement.
“It is possible to meet in a third country, but only if final agreements have been reached on a peace treaty,” Putin said, arguing that such an agreement must be “designed for a long-term historical perspective.”
The Financial Times reported on Thursday that European Union leaders were preparing for potential talks.
Asked if he was willing to engage in talks with the Europeans, he said the preferable figure for him was former Germany’s Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.