Zelenskiy says he wants 'strong' US reaction if Putin not ready to meet
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on August 21, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Zelenskiy urges the US to respond strongly if Putin avoids a meeting, amid unclear territorial concessions and proposed talks in Budapest.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would like a "strong reaction" from the U.S. if Russian President Vladimir Putin was not willing to sit down for a bilateral meeting with him.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv on Wednesday, Zelenskiy added that it was unclear what concessions regarding territory Moscow was willing to make, and that Budapest as a proposed location for future talks between the two countries was "challenging".
(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko and Yuliia Dysa; Writing by Dan Peleschuk, Editing by William Maclean)
Zelenskiy expressed a desire for a 'strong reaction' from the U.S. if Putin is unwilling to engage in a bilateral meeting.
He noted that it was unclear what territorial concessions Moscow might be willing to make.
Zelenskiy mentioned Budapest as a proposed location for future talks between the two leaders.
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