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Putin sees "no point" in meeting
Putin rejects Zelenskyy's Ukraine peace-talks offer during the St. Petersburg forum, leaving ceasefire diplomacy stalled
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President Zelenskyy chided Putin in his first public message to the Russian leader, who called it "boorish" on Friday.
- Frame 1Putin rejects Zelenskyy's Ukraine peace-talks offer during the St. Petersburg forum, leaving ceasefire diplomacy stalled.
- Frame 2Zelenskyy's Thursday letter proposed a third-country meeting and said talks should start from the current frontline.
- Frame 3Ukraine said it was ready for a full ceasefire during negotiations, shifting pressure onto Moscow's refusal.
- Frame 4Putin called the letter rude and said Russia would still pursue its war goals in eastern Ukraine.
- Frame 5He repeated demands that Ukraine give up Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, keeping Russia's territorial terms unchanged.
- Frame 6Zelenskyy warned against waiting for U.S. attention to swing back from the Iran war.
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- Jun 5, 5:12 PM EDT
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