“We have complicated relations with Russia.

The war in Donbass has been going on for the seventh year.

Russia annexed our Crimean peninsula.

At the same time, historically, we used to have a lot of economic and human contacts, which we had to cut off with pain, ”Zelensky said.

He also stressed that communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin is rather limited, but substantive.

Earlier, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Euronews that he is not afraid of direct dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin.