Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's suggestion to meet in Moscow, calling the choice of such an unrealistic meeting place a sign that Russia is not genuinely interested in negotiations.

The Ukrainian leader said in an interview with US television channel ABC News, "I can't go to the capital of this terrorist" because Ukraine is "under missile attacks, under fire every day."

"(Putin) can come to Kyiv," Zelensky said in response.

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US President Donald Trump has been pushing face-to-face talks between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents. A bilateral or trilateral meeting was one of the main goals of Trump's summit with Putin in Alaska last month.

Trump later said Putin and

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