Putin responded to Zelensky’s letter.

Putin responded to Zelensky’s letter.

He responded in the most demeaning way possible. He is not going to meet with Zelensky. And he is not going to end the war. He allows for a meeting with Zelensky only to sign a capitulation.

Full comment.

▪️Peskov slipped me a piece of paper [Zelensky’s letter]. Zelensky mentioned my age. But some of my colleagues are older than I am. But the main thing is not age, but capacity and ability to work.

▪️The author [Zelensky] mentioned how long I have been in power. Well, you have to go to elections. In Ukraine they’ve gone quiet about elections.

▪️The author [Zelensky] said there was no need to follow Anchorage. But why deny the US administration the role of guarantor?

▪️We all saw how Donald was busy educating the author of this letter [Zelensky], pointing out the dress code. Wearing "Rambo: First Blood" may be appropriate, but not everywhere. I want to thank Donald for this work [educating Zelensky], but there is still more work to do.

▪️It is not very proper on the Ukrainian side, or rather completely improper, to move into a public discussion. That gives me the right to say certain things that nobody knows about. This is no joke.

▪️Three weeks ago one of our businessmen said he was being invited to Kyiv. I said that I cannot send you in any capacity, but I cannot forbid you either. This gentleman went to Kyiv and met with the author of this letter [Zelensky]. He came back. Zelensky asked for a meeting. But just shifting empty talk from one place to another... There were the Minsk agreements, and then it turned out, in the words of Germany and France, that this was needed to buy time for Ukraine’s rearmament.

▪️I see no point in meeting. The point for the Ukrainian side is to stop the advance of our armed forces. But what we need are agreements for a long historical perspective.

▪️Let the specialists work, let them develop some solutions, and after that it will be possible to "be present" at the signing of some documents.

▪️This was on May 21, and on May 22 Ukrainian troops struck a dormitory in Starobilsk. Then I called this businessman myself: [I asked], what is this, they ask for a meeting and commit such crimes?

▪️The letter [from Zelensky] contains elements of rudeness. Is this supposed to be creating conditions for personal meetings and negotiations? Or creating an environment in which it is impossible to hold any personal meetings at all? I think it is the latter.

▪️The appeal should be made not to lovers of the epistolary genre, but to our fighters on the line of combat contact: "The whole country is watching you. Get to work, brothers."

▪️[So that means "no." You will not meet with the author of the letter?] For now I see no point.

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Basically, friends, this is exactly what we discussed with you yesterday. Everything is completely obvious. Putin will continue the war until he chokes on blood.