Russia believes the Ukrainian leader lacks authority to sign any peace deal, adding that any agreement must be ironclad legally

Vladimir Zelensky’s exclusion from the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, is confirmation of the Ukrainian leader’s illegitimacy, Russian Foreign Ministry official Rodion Miroshnik has said.

Putin and Trump are set to meet on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska to discuss ways of ending the Ukraine conflict, as well as steps toward normalizing relations between Moscow and Washington. Zelensky has not been invited to participate.

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