President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday insisted {that a} assembly along with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin “in any layout” is had to finish the struggle in Ukraine.

“I imagine that with out this assembly it’s not possible to totally perceive what they’re in a position for with a purpose to forestall the struggle,” Zelensky mentioned in an interview with the Ukraine regional media outlet Suspilne.

Zelensky has prior to now mentioned that “with out negotiations we can not finish the struggle” and referred to as for a summit with Putin, however his feedback on Monday have been in particular insistent.

A number of consultation of Ukraine-Russia talks have taken position by way of videoconferencing for the reason that get started of the Russian army motion in Ukraine on February 24.