There is «no point» for some countries to attempt to mediate between Kyiv and Moscow, Ukraine’s presidential office said.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin is «insane,» Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said as he journeys around Europe to shore up support for Kyiv ahead of the country’s long-touted counteroffensive.
«It’s a joke for him,» Zelensky said during a visit to Italy over the weekend, according to a Ukrainian media readout. «He does not understand what is happening. He is an insane human.»
«Russia started the war. Russia took lives. The war is on our land,» Zelensky said, in a readout of his interview with Italian media published by his office.
«We have not proposed an artificial plan. We have proposed how to get out of this situation, to end the war, according to the law, respecting the UN Charter, international law, people, values.»
Zelensky here referenced his Ukrainian Peace Formula, which is a 10-point plan that outlines Kyiv’s conditions for peace. He has previously dismissed the possibility of negotiating with Putin. He said in January he was «not interested» in meeting with the Russian president for peace talks.
There is «no point in attempts by certain countries or influential individuals to mediate between Ukraine and Russia to end the war,» according to Zelensky’s office.
