Zelensky demands direct dialogue with Putin

“Our delegation has a clear task, to do everything possible to enable a meeting with the president,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video speech released Monday.

This will be a meeting, which he is sure that everyone is waiting for, said Zelensky, emphasizing that this is a difficult path, but necessary to get effective guarantees. Russian President Dmitry Peskov’s spokesman did not rule out a direct meeting with President Putin on Sunday. But it must be understood, what will be the result of this meeting and what should be discussed there, said Peskov.

Recently, the delegations of Ukraine and Russia assessed their talks with measured optimism. The two sides could agree on a joint position “in the coming days” and sign the relevant documents, said Russian Foreign Minister Leonid Sluzki. Even the adviser of the Ukrainian president, Mhajlo Podoljka calculates that “in a few days there will be concrete results”. On Monday, the delegations’ talks continue through a video conference.

“Act of cruelty without scruples”

Meanwhile, several UN organizations have called for an end to Russian attacks on health facilities. “The attack on the weakest, infants, children, pregnant mothers and people suffering in hospitals, and on life-threatening health personnel is an act of cruelty,” UNICEF said in a statement. The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, and the World Health Organization, WHO in Geneva. At the same these organizations have demanded an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

Seven hospitals have been completely destroyed since the start of the war in Ukraine, Health Minister Viktor Ljashko reported. Clinics in war-torn cities need to be rebuilt. More than 100 health institutions have been damaged, Ljashko said. The past few days caused a great shock of the attack against a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol./DW

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