A meeting between Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky is now impossible because Kiev has withdrawn from the negotiation process, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.
"Our position is well known: any meeting at the highest level must be productive and well prepared," the Kremlin spokesman said.
"We know that the Ukrainian side has withdrawn from the negotiating track, and so now we do not have to talk about the possibility of preparing such a summit meeting," Peskov pointed out, reacting to another statement by Zelensky about his readiness to meet with Putin.
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