Zelenskyy sends open letter to Putin proposing end of Russia-Ukraine war

Zelenskyy sends open letter to Putin proposing end of Russia-Ukraine war

Author: Newstalk June 5, 2026 Duration: 7:25

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy published an open letter to President Putin, in which he proposed the two leaders meet in-person to agree an end to more than four years of war…

Joining Shane to discuss this is Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor of Politics at DCU and author of ‘Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in Ukraine and the Near Abroad’.


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