Ukrainian Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba has stated Ukraine wished direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a result of Kyiv is aware of Putin is the particular person calling the pictures in Moscow.
“We’ve got lengthy wished a direct dialog between the president of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin, as a result of all of us perceive that it’s he who makes the ultimate selections, particularly now,” he stated in a reside tv broadcast on Monday night.
“Our president isn’t terrified of something, together with a direct assembly with Putin,” Kuleba added. “If Putin can also be not scared, let him come to the assembly, allow them to sit down and speak.”
On the identical time, Ukraine‘s army intelligence stated on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces have killed a Russian basic close to the besieged metropolis of Kharkiv, the second Russian senior commander to die within the invasion.
Main Basic Vitaly Gerasimov, first deputy commander of Russia’s forty first military, was killed on Monday, the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine‘s defence ministry stated in a press release.
Russia’s defence ministry couldn’t be instantly reached for remark.
One other Russian basic, Andrei Sukhovetsky, additionally a deputy commander of the forty first military, was reported killed on the finish of February.
Ukraine says its forces have killed greater than 11,000 Russian troops. Russia has confirmed about 500 losses.
Neither aspect has disclosed Ukrainian casualties.
(Reuters)