Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday April 20 to meet him in the conflict zone with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine to lower the tension between their two countries.
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“
Mr. Putin!
I am ready (...) to offer you to meet me in any place of the Ukrainian Donbass where the war continues
”, he declared in a speech to the nation.
"
Millions of lives
" are at stake in the event of a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, warned the Ukrainian president. “
The Russian president once said: if a fight is inevitable, attack first. But, in my opinion, every leader must understand that a fight cannot be inevitable when it comes to (...) a real war and millions of lives,
”he continued in a speech to the nation.