Zelensky wants to meet with Putin.

He thinks once a day.

APA's Moscow correspondent reports that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said this at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Ankara.

"Zelensky has stated that he will resume talks if Russia withdraws its military contingent from the line by February 24," he said.

This is a completely frivolous approach.

This also contradicts the initiatives put forward by the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul on March 29.

We see such statements many times a day.

We believe that the ball has been on the Ukrainian side for about two months to restore the work of the negotiating team.

In April, we submitted our proposals to the Ukrainian side.

However, so far we have not been able to get an answer from them, "said the Russian Foreign Minister.