French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy's open letter to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and called for direct negotiations with Russia to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to hold direct talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in order to bring the war to an end.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed in an open letter dated 4 June that Russian ruler Vladimir Putin set a date and meet to end the war.