Mr Zelenskyy says President Putin’s promises are hollow and that he would not be satisfied with only claiming parts of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy compares Putin to Hitler
President Zelenskyy has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s latest ceasefire offer as “nothing new” and likened it to Hitler’s promises before the Second World War.
The Russian leader set out preconditions on Friday for ending attacks on Ukraine and starting peace talks.
He said he would be ready for negotiations “tomorrow” if Ukraine withdrew from the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
President Putin said Russian would “immediately, literally the same minute” stop fighting and start negotiating if Ukraine withdrew its forces and ended its NATO bid.
“We will do it immediately. Obviously, we will guarantee the uninterrupted and safe withdrawal of Ukrainian forces,” he said.
Shades of Hitler
The president made the comments in a meeting with Russian foreign ministry officials, with Ukraine’s leader quick to say the offer could not be trusted as he warned of “Russian Nazism”.
“There is nothing new about this, this is Putin,” he told Sky Italia.
