Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a proposal by his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to meet for talks to end the war as senseless, calling for the country's military to "do the job."

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.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has penned a letter directly to Vladimir Putin calling for a face-to-face meeting to end the war between Russia and Ukraine