June 15, 2026

Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he had proposed a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the G7 in France, but that Moscow was “not ready” for it.

Putin has repeatedly rejected offers for a face-to-face meeting with Zelensky to try to broker an end to more than four years of war.

G7 leaders were gathering Monday for summit in France’s Evian-Les-Bains.