# Zelensky rules out phone negotiations with Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/127338

- TASS, 2026-11-03 14:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2212617

> Volodymyr Zelensky said he would not hold telephone talks with Russia on resolving the Ukraine conflict, arguing Moscow could use them to avoid further meetings and that they would achieve nothing. He again rejected traveling to Moscow for negotiations. Yury Ushakov had said Vladimir Putin had never refused to speak with Zelensky.

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