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Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “We see that the United States is fully focused on the issue of Iran, and it would be wrong to simply wait until the war…”

On the recordJune 5, 2026
We see that the United States is fully focused on the issue of Iran, and it would be wrong to simply wait until the war in Europe returns to the center of its attention.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Source
foreignpolicy.com
Jun 5, 2026

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Zelensky's proposal for direct engagement with Putin.

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