"My feeling is that Putin needs Trump," the Ukrainian president told Axios.
Zelenskyy sees a window for diplomacy just before winter. Russian President Vladimir Putin is reluctant to clash with Donald Trump ahead of the US midterm elections - and may well want to “give” Trump a diplomatic victory, he predicts.
Zelenskyy says he hopes to meet Trump later in September to discuss air defenses for Kyiv, AFP writes.
Zelenskyy met with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Kyiv over the weekend, after the two Trump envoys met with Putin in Moscow. The envoys stated, according to Zelenskyy, that “the Russians are ready to negotiate.”
However, he emphasizes that the road to a solution is long.
We have different interests, Russia and us.
