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The Kremlin said on Monday (June 8, 2026) that the leaders of Germany, France, and Britain spoke of peace in Ukraine, but were helping Kyiv with new weapons to continue the war, a position it said was inconsistent.
The leaders of Britain, Germany , and France said on Sunday (June 7) they supported a proposal for talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to secure a ceasefire, and that Europe would play a role.
Earlier, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in a rare open letter to the Russian leader Thursday (June 4, 2026), shortly after the Kremlin chief had conceded Moscow needed to strengthen its air defences following a spate of Ukrainian attacks.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has pushed both sides to end the conflict and boasted he could end the war within a day of taking office, said a face-to-face Putin-Zelenskyy meeting would be “great” — but pushed both sides to compromise.
The Kremlin said Mr. Putin had not yet been shown the letter, but that Mr. Zelenskyy could meet Mr. Putin in Moscow “any time” — a proposal that the Ukrainian leader preemptively ruled out in his letter.
Published – June 08, 2026 11:17 pm IST
