{"id":1384418,"date":"2026-06-07T22:07:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1384418"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:08:02","slug":"zelenskyy-confirms-meeting-with-russian-oligarch-abramovich-in-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-confirms-meeting-with-russian-oligarch-abramovich-in-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Confirms Meeting with Russian Oligarch Abramovich in Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he met Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich in Kyiv in May in an effort to send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-latest-russian-drone-hits-extremely-critical-nuclear-facility-near-chernobyl-as-zelenskyy-expected-in-london-12541713?postid=11826294#liveblog-body\">Sky News,<\/a> Zelenskyy revealed details of the conversation, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>informs.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;He came to Kyiv. He said: &#8216;I brought a message directly to you, and I would like to take a message from you to pass on to Putin,'&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to the Ukrainian president, Abramovich requested that the meeting remain confidential and receive no publicity.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;But he said that it should be done quietly, without any publicity. I replied: &#8216;That is your choice \u2014 it does not matter to us,'&#8221; Zelenskyy recounted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The president added that Abramovich&#8217;s visit was &#8220;not a secret&#8221; and that the businessman wanted to understand &#8220;what we were prepared to do&#8221; regarding potential peace negotiations.<\/p>\n   <p>However, Zelenskyy emphasized that he made Ukraine&#8217;s position clear and ruled out any territorial concessions in the Donbas region.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;That was the key message. I told him that we would not do that. We will not hand you victory in this way,&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Asked whether Abramovich now serves as an intermediary between him and Putin, Zelenskyy replied:<\/p>\n   <p>&#8220;When he received my message, he said he would go directly to Putin.&#8221;<\/p>\n   <p>On June 5, Putin himself stated during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the Russian businessman had traveled to Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n   <p>On June 7, the Financial Times, citing four sources, reported that Abramovich had visited Kyiv in May at Zelenskyy&#8217;s invitation. According to the report, the Ukrainian president sought to use Abramovich as a channel to persuade Putin to agree to direct peace negotiations.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/voting-ends-in-armenia-s-parliamentary-elections-as-turnout-reaches-nearly-59-pashinyan-s-party-leads-exit-polls\/\">Voting Ends in Armenia\u2019s Parliamentary Elections as Turnout Reaches Nearly 59%; Pashinyan\u2019s Party Leads Exit Polls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that he met Russian oligarch Roman &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1366068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,53,36422,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72927],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1384418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-11473-news-en-3","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-peace-talks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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