{"id":1389151,"date":"2026-06-15T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1389151"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:06:28","slug":"zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy says he proposed a meeting with Putin at the G7 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had proposed meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G7 Summit in France this week to discuss ending the war, but that Russia \u201cwas not ready to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking to journalists at the damaged Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Zelenskyy said that the United States had agreed to invite Putin to the G7 Summit, which begins on Monday in \u00c9vian-les-Bains, France, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\">Reuters<\/a> reports, <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>\u201cWe sent a message expressing our readiness to meet with Putin during the G7 Summit because Trump and Macron will be there, meaning the Europeans plus America. I think it is a good, very good opportunity to meet all together,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to the Ukrainian President, Moscow did not respond to the proposal.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cEurope and the United States reached an understanding, while Russia once again demonstrated that they are not ready to talk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n   <p>A Ukrainian official told Reuters that Zelenskyy had informed both the Americans and French President Emmanuel Macron about the proposal for talks during the summit.<\/p>\n   <p>Ukraine also passed the invitation directly to Russian counterparts but received no clear response, the official added.<\/p>\n   <p>The \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace did not immediately respond to Reuters&#8217; request for comment.<\/p>\n   <p>On June 4, Zelenskyy sent a letter to Putin proposing a personal bilateral meeting aimed at ending the war. He also stated that both Europe and the United States should be involved in the negotiation process.<\/p>\n   <p>U.S. President Donald Trump supported the possibility of a direct meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian leaders.<\/p>\n   <p>Meanwhile, Putin said he had reviewed Zelenskyy\u2019s open letter and \u201cdid not see the point\u201d in holding such a meeting.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/von-der-leyen-g7-leaders-will-discuss-increasing-pressure-on-russia\/\">Von der Leyen: G7 leaders will discuss increasing pressure on Russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had proposed meeting with Russian President &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1385171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36415,53,36422,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72927,72943],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1389151","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","tag-g7-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zelenskyy says he proposed a meeting with Putin at the G7 Summit - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zelenskyy says he proposed a meeting with Putin at the G7 Summit - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had proposed meeting with Russian President ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-15T12:06:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-15T12:06:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zelensky_meeting_1300x750_20fab8871fc048809e5f0d8dca386dee-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Zelenskyy says he proposed a meeting with Putin at the G7 Summit\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-15T12:06:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-15T12:06:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/\"},\"wordCount\":301,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-proposed-a-meeting-with-putin-at-the-g7-summit\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/zelensky_meeting_1300x750_20fab8871fc048809e5f0d8dca386dee.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Peace talks\",\"G7 &amp; 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