Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) that his country could hold peace talks with Ukraine, but ruled out speaking directly with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he called "illegitimate".
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that talks with Ukraine were possible but not with its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom he deemed “illegitimate.”
“If he wants to participate in the negotiations, I will allocate people to take part in the negotiations,” Putin said, saying that Zelenskyy was “illegitimate” because his presidential term had expired during martial law.
Putin said the nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine would end in “two months” or less if the West stopped supporting Kyiv.
“They will not exist for a month if the money and, in a broad sense, the bullets run out. Everything would be over in a month and a half or two,” Putin told a reporter from Russian state TV.
