Ukraine's president calls for meeting with Russia's Putin to avert crisis

[inanna]

Source: CBC

Feb 19, 2022 9:10 AM ET | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade — on Saturday called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and seek a resolution to the crisis.

"I don't know what the president of the Russian Federation wants, so I am proposing a meeting," Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference, where he also met with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris. Zelensky said Russia could pick the location for the talks.

"Ukraine will continue to follow only the diplomatic path for the sake of a peaceful settlement."

There was no immediate response from the Kremlin.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-nuclear-strike-ukraine-1.6358085

[SheltieLover]

1. Smart move, I think.

"Ukraine will continue to follow only the diplomatic path for the sake of a peaceful settlement."

Speaks volumes about bully putin.

[BComplex]

2. Putin will do all he can to poison Zelensky. That's how he does "meetings"

with his adversaries.

[Wicked Blue]

3. Agree 100%

Zelensky definitely should not touch anything, eat anything or drink anything.

[Ray Bruns]

4. Macron didn't. Smart move. I think it's too late for negotiations.

There is now 190k troops on the border. Putin wouldn't have done that if he didn't plan to invade real soon.

[Wicked Blue]

8. Yoo-hoo! Anyone want to invade Russia?

Methinks the southern and eastern parts are almost undefended.

[Bayard]

5. "I don't know what the president of the Russian Federation wants,"

He wants your country, and your head on a platter. I don't think there will be a peaceful settlement at this point.

[orangecrush]

6. This.

[marie999]

7. In the same day he says he wants a meeting with Putin,

and he wants sanctions now.