Will Putin hold a Russia-Ukraine summit in Moscow, and will Zelenskyy dare to go?
The contact between the US, Ukraine, and Russia on the issue of Ukraine has entered a stage of excessive demands.
On the 19th, AFP quoted sources as saying that on the 18th, when Trump called Putin to inform him of the situation of the trilateral meeting between the US, Europe, and Ukraine, Putin proposed to meet with Zelenskyy in Moscow.
The report said that after this, Trump informed Zelenskyy of this information, but it was firmly rejected by Zelenskyy. European leaders present also considered it a bad idea to hold a Russia-Ukraine summit in Moscow.
Currently, the Kremlin has not confirmed AFP's report, but some Russian media believe that AFP is either spreading rumors, aiming to create an excuse for Macron to hold a Russia-Ukraine summit in Switzerland, or it is just a joke from Putin.
Of course, if AFP's report is true, the possibility of Zelenskyy going to Moscow to meet Putin is not high, but this is not because Zelenskyy is worried about his personal safety - if Russia wanted to assassinate Zelenskyy, there have been plenty of opportunities during the three years of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, so there is no need to wait until now.
Zelenskyy is unwilling to go to Moscow because this act itself is a signal of weakness, equivalent to acknowledging the failure of Ukraine and Europe in diplomacy and public opinion, and the consequences are more serious than the collapse of the military front, especially considering that Zelenskyy's presidential power relies heavily on the support of domestic extreme nationalists. These groups would not sit idly by while Zelenskyy goes to Moscow to "surrender".
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