“He said that now Russia is strengthening the strikes by drones on civilian objects, and informed about the situation at the front. He emphasized that, unlike Russia, Ukraine is ready to meet at the Leaders' level without preliminary conditions,” Zelensky wrote.
He thanked Ramafos for the readiness of South Africa to accept such a meeting and for the involvement of the country in the peace process.
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– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@zelenskyyua) September 24, 2025
During negotiations with Zelensky, the President of South Africa shared the details of his last contacts with the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin, informed in the office of the President of Ukraine.
“The presidents agreed that this summit should go in a third country. The South African Republic, like many other states in the world, is ready to accept such a meeting at home,” it was reported.
Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine from the first second of the war wants its end and does everything for this, noted in OP.
Context
On September 3, during a press conference after a visit to China, Putin stated that he did not see the point in meeting Zelensky, but does not exclude its holding, but in Moscow. The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine called such conditions “consciously unacceptable” and emphasized that at least seven countries are ready to accept the meeting (Austria, Vatican, Switzerland, Türkiye and three states of the Persian Gulf). In response, Zelensky invited Putin to Kyiv.
On September 14, US President Donald Trump suggested that he may have to intervene in negotiations between the parties, because “Zelensky and Putin hate each other so much that they almost cannot speak.”
On September 24, Zelensky said on the air of Fox News that he was ready to meet Putin anywhere, but not in the Russian Federation and not in Kyiv, where he “did not call him.” As an option, Zelensky called Kazakhstan the place of such a meeting.
