Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy questioned whether Russian President Vladimir Putin was 'still alive' after asked about peace negotiations.
also said that at this point he’s not sure who is making the decisions inside the Kremlin and questioned whether Putin was even still functioning as the president of Russia.
"I don’t understand that he’s still alive or that it is him particularly making decisions," Zelenskyy said. President Putin said on Jan. 18, 2023, he had "no doubt" Moscow would emerge victorious in Ukraine, despite military setbacks in the nearly year-long offensive.It is unclear why Zelenskyy questioned whether Putin was still alive as he was seen Wednesday at a St. Petersburg World War II memorial.
Zelenskyy’s comments may have been a nod at how Putin has withdrawn from public events in recent weeks, includingKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pushed back on any suggestion that Putin was no longer around and said,"It is clear that both Russia and Putin are a big problem for Ukraine and for Zelensky. And it is clear that, purely psychologically, Mr. Zelensky would prefer that neither Russia nor Putin exist.
Ukrainian tankers carry out maintenance on their tanks on the Donbass frontline as military mobility continues within the Russian-Ukrainian war on Jan. 18, 2023."But the sooner the Ukrainian regime realizes that Russia and Putin exist and will exist, that, sooner or later it will still have to give up everything anti-Russian, the better for a country like Ukraine," he added according to Russian media outlet RBC.
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