“Putin and Bennet, when the latter was Prime Minister of Israel, had a very intensive dialogue... In addition to bilateral relations, the topic of Ukraine was on the agenda... I will neither refute nor confirm what Mr. Bennet said," the presidential press secretary said Russian Dmitry Peskov.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said earlier that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention of removing Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky.
In addition, Bennett, who served as an intermediary between Russia and Ukraine, said that negotiations to resolve the conflict were interrupted by Western countries.
According to him, during the talks in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine prepared up to 18 draft drafts of the agreement.