Zelenskyi: I'm Not Entirely Sure Putin Is Still Alive

Moscow has changed its position on peace talks with Ukraine so often, that currently it is unclear who to talk to and what to talk about, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said during the Ukrainian Breakfast in Davos.

"I'm not sure that the Russian president who sometimes appears against a green-screen chromakey is actually the right one. I don't quite understand if he is alive or whether he makes decisions, or whoever else makes decisions there. What group of people [could be making any decisions in Russia? I don’t have that kind of information", Zelenskyi said. 

Zelenskyi also recalled the promises once made by Russia to the European partners.

"I don't quite understand how you can promise European leaders one thing, and the next day launch a full-scale invasion of a country. I just don't quite understand with whom we are dealing. When we say "peace talks", I don't quite understand with whom we should be negotiating", the President added.

According to him, Ukraine had been doing everything it could to liberate its territories through diplomacy for over three years.

"Peace talks are not peace," Zelenskyi emphasized.

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