Zelensky tears into Putin over Ukraine-Russia peace talks: ‘I don’t need historical s**t’

Volodymyr Zelensky has torn into Vladimir Putin after nan latest information of negotiations successful Geneva grounded to execute a breakthrough.

The progressively disappointment Ukrainian president lashed retired astatine nan Russia leader successful a station connected X and an question and reply pinch British journalist Piers Morgan.

“I don't request humanities crap to extremity this warfare and move to diplomacy. Because it's conscionable a hold tactic. I publication nary little history books than Putin,” nan Ukrainian president said successful a furious station connected X.

The remarks came hours aft hopes of a Ukraine bid woody looked further than ever Wednesday, erstwhile captious talks pinch Moscow and Washington ended successful little than 2 hours.

Kyiv has many times criticised Moscow’s bid delegation for giving long-winded lectures connected history. The Russian delegation successful Geneva was led by ultraconservative historiographer and statesmanlike adjutant Vladimir Medinsky, who led nan Geneva talks.

Putin was besides reported to person lectured Donald Trump connected figures from medieval and early modern history during their talks successful Alaska past August.

Speaking to Piers Morgan, he said he doesn’t person “anything personal” against nan Russian president. “No emotions. I understand really to really effort to decorativeness this war. I’m not judge that he will perceive my arguments,” he said.

“It’s not moreover absorbing for maine why he began this war. I don’t request to discarded clip connected historical issues – nan reasons why he began each this, astir Peter nan First and truthful on. I don’t request it, because to extremity this warfare and move to a negotiated path, I don’t request each this humanities s**t.”

The Ukrainian president said that he would debar nan lengthy humanities debates raised by Putin if he were ever to meet him look to face.

The “only thing” he wants to speak astir pinch Putin is nan truth that Kyiv and Moscow “need to resoluteness [the war] successful nan astir successful way”, he said successful nan X post.

Zelensky added: “I cognize much astir his state than he knows astir Ukraine. Simply because I person been to Russia – to galore cities. And I knew a batch of group there.

“He has ne'er been to Ukraine this galore times. He was only successful large cities. I went to mini cities. From nan bluish portion to nan confederate part. Everywhere. I cognize their mentality.”

After Wednesday’s little talks ended, Zelensky said nan 3rd information of nonstop meetings had been “difficult” and accused Russia of deliberately stalling arsenic nan rumor of territory remains a awesome obstacle.

“We tin spot that advancement has been made, but, for now, positions disagree because nan negotiations were difficult,” he said, later adding that nan talks were “substantive” but that “sensitive governmental matters” had not been addressed properly.

Medinsky besides agreed talks had been difficult earlier inviting nan Ukrainian broadside for closed-door discussions without American mediation.

Zelensky told Morgan, speaking of Putin, that he “can’t spot nan personification who has killed truthful galore group successful Ukraine and who began a full-scale penetration against my nation”.

“But I spot now that only astatine nan level of leaders tin we effort to extremity this war. At nan level of 3 leaders, we tin really effort to lick nan territorial issues, which are very delicate and achy and difficult,” he added.