New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Kyiv - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov declared on August 21, 2025, that President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, though only after substantive groundwork and clarity over Zelenskyy's political legitimacy are addressed. Moscow argues that Zelenskyy's presidential term expired in May 2024 and, with no elections held under martial [.]

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