Putin Considers Face-to-Face Meeting with Zelensky

“Peskov’s comment about a possible meeting “looks like yet another attempt to buy time” because it “contains no specifics,” Zelensky’s top advisor Andriy Yermak posted to X on Monday.

Still, he said Kyiv was more than willing to meet should Putin become serious.

“Ukraine’s position is clear: we are ready for a leaders’ meeting,” he said. “Our partners — all those who genuinely value peace — support Ukraine’s position that a meeting must take place.”

“We are grateful to President @POTUS for his consistency in seeking an end to the war and for his willingness to help bring this meeting closer,” he added, referencing Trump.

“Trump now has the momentum and an upper hand over Putin,” former advisor to Ukraine’s ministries of Defense and Strategic Industries Yuriy Sak on Monday told The Post. “Putin knows this and will do everything to “kill” this momentum, primarily by creating a visibility of being negotiable and willing to talk.”

“In reality he will, if allowed, just continue tapping Trump along,” he added.

However, Sak said he believed “Trump already sees through Putin’s game and will not play along.”

Meanwhile, Russian state-run news outlet TASS on Monday reported that Moscow is “unphased by Trump’s pressure.”

“Moscow maintains its steady stance on Ukraine despite US pressure and a planned visit by Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff,” the propaganda outlet reported.