US EditionIsw: This Is Why Putin Doesn't Want to Meet Zelensky
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The Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs (ISW) recalled that yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave an interview to American television in which he stated that there are currently no plans for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky, and that Putin will meet "when the summit plan is ready."
Moscow is preventing a meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia because it fears that Vladimir Putin will suffer reputational damage, the Institute for War Studies reported. Analysts explained what these damages would entail.
Putin and Zelensky are unlikely to meet in the near future, ISW estimates.
The Russian ruler began his large-scale invasion of his neighboring country by unilaterally recognizing part of Ukrainian territory (the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics) as independent. Putin claims that Ukraine is "an inalienable part of (Russian) history, culture and spiritual space" and that its separation from Russia is a historical mistake. According to Orysia Lutsevich, any meeting would mean that Putin would have to…
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