Ukraine wants direct talks between Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin, says foreign minister

LVIV: Ukrainian Foreign Minister

Dmytro Kuleba

on Monday said

Ukraine

wanted direct talks between President

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

and Russia's Vladimir Putin because

Kyiv

knows Putin is the person calling the shots in

Moscow

.

"We have long wanted a direct conversation between the president of Ukraine and Vladimir Putin, because we all understand that it is he who makes the final decisions, especially now," he said in a live television broadcast.

"Our president is not scared of anything, including a direct meeting with Putin," Kuleba added. "If Putin is also not scared, let him come to the meeting, let them sit down and talk."