Vitaly Sayenko17:02, 13.05.25
Putin also does not want to end the war and move towards a complete unconditional ceasefire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasizes that Russian dictator and initiator of the war against Ukraine Vladimir Putin is afraid of direct negotiations with him. As an UNIAN correspondent reports, the Ukrainian leader said this at a briefing.
The President of Ukraine recalled that on March 11, Ukraine fully supported the US proposal at a meeting in Saudi Arabia for a complete unconditional ceasefire, because Ukraine seeks an end to the war.
At the same time, as the president noted, this proposal has been valid on the negotiating table for 63 days.
“I have repeatedly emphasized this to President Trump. I believe that Putin does not want the war to end, does not want a ceasefire, does not want any negotiations. I am already silent about the fact that he is afraid of direct negotiations with me,” Zelensky emphasized.
(C)UNIAN 2025

Putler could have retaken the Crimea without fighting, but he decided to invade Ukraine and fucked up. For sure this idiot is afraid of meeting with Zelensky or any Ukrainian leader.
Putler prefers to negotiate with Witkoff using an interpretrer from russian intelligence.
He is a weak and small little man physically. Would not be an intimidating presence. Seems to me his “strength” is physcological manipulation, with much prior thought and reseach on weakness planned out before hand. No way he could pull off a real time negotiation process without being embarrassed by a very quick witted x-comedian – who held his own against the orange moron in the whitehouse…