The Kremlin allowed a meeting between Putin and Zelensky

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is possible as a result of the parties' work and agreements. This was announced on May 17 by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

"We consider it (the meeting. — Ed.) possible. But it is precisely as a result of work and the achievement of certain results in the form of agreements," he said at a briefing.

According to him, the main and fundamental question for the Russian Federation is who will sign the documents from the Ukrainian side.

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