"If there is a desire to debate, I think that they need to take a break, first read this article carefully, analyze it, raise the documents," his words are quoted on the Kremlin's website.
Thus, Putin reacted to the statements of the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, that he was ready to discuss with the Russian leader “some things” from his article on the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians.
On July 12, the Russian president published an article "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians," in which, in particular, he stated that Russia has never been and will never be "anti-Ukraine."
He also called the emergence of a “wall” between the two countries in recent years as a common misfortune and tragedy, and spoke about the losses of Ukraine due to the severance of economic ties with Russia.