Volodymyr Zelensky
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who, since 2019, has served as the sixth president of Ukraine. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022.
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Jun 5, 2026
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The Ukrainian president sent an open letter to Vladimir Putin proposing a direct face-to-face meeting to negotiate an end to the war.
Left-wing Socialists, who have supported Ukrainian sovereignty while also calling for diplomatic off-ramps, view this gesture as evidence that peace negotiations must be pursued seriously rather than blocked by either side or by Western inaction.