Ukraine Warns Putin Has ‘Lost His Chance’ for Peace Talks

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin has missed his window to end the war under favorable conditions after rejecting a direct meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Putin dismissed Zelensky’s open-letter proposal for face-to-face peace talks as inappropriate, prompting Sybiha to warn that Russia’s situation will only deteriorate further, resulting in worsening battlefield losses, a deeper economic recession, and higher domestic inflation.