Ukraine’s Zelenskiy and Russia’s Putin face-to-face meeting 

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is in Paris on Monday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time at a summit hosted by Germany and France. The World’s host Marco Werman speaks with Volodymyr Ariev, a member of the opposition party to Zelenskiy in Ukraine’s parliament. Ariev says that Ukraine’s comedian-turned-president isn’t prepared for peace talks. 

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