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 "slug": "zelensky-open-letter-putin-ceasefire-negotiations-front-line-meeting",
 "title": "Zelensky's First Open Letter to Putin Since 2022 Proposes a Ceasefire — Moscow Refuses",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/zelensky-open-letter-putin-ceasefire-negotiations-front-line-meeting/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/zelensky-open-letter-putin-ceasefire-negotiations-front-line-meeting/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-04T18:58:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:06.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKyiv, 4 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 4 June President Zelensky published an open letter to President Putin — his first public message addressed directly to the Russian leader since the 2022 invasion — proposing they meet to end the war\n * His terms: a full ceasefire for the duration of negotiations, the current front line as the line from which diplomacy begins, the United States as ceasefire monitor, and a fixed-date meeting in a state that traditionally hosts such talks\n * Putin",
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  "russia-ukraine-conflict"
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