Without Putin: An Unexpected Scenario For Ending The War Is Proposed

• 25.09.2026, 10:35

Zelenskyy understands this perfectly well.

Political and economic expert Taras Zagorodniy commented on the likelihood of a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to end the war.

“Zelenskyy understands perfectly well that there will be no meeting with Putin, because Putin will not come to the negotiating table—after all, that would be a political defeat for him and an acknowledgment of Ukraine’s and Zelenskyy’s sovereignty,” he emphasized in an interview “Glavred”.

According to the expert, even if such a meeting were to take place, Putin would say the same things there that he has stated publicly.

“I want to emphasize that Zelenskyy’s requests to Trump to organize negotiations and a meeting with Putin are a way of putting pressure on Trump. After all, if he cannot do that, then the issue must be resolved in a different way. As for how—we discussed that above,” added Zagorodniy.