Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he would be open to meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Miami, according to an exclusive interview with Deutsche Welle (DW).

Zelenskyy also says Ukraine is in a strong position to negotiate. In the DW interview, he frames the proposed meeting as part of possible diplomatic talks tied to the summit’s setting.

Across the DW outlets provided, the reporting is consistent: both identify the DW interview as the source of Zelenskyy’s remarks and both describe his openness to a potential meeting in Miami alongside Ukraine’s stated negotiating position. The coverage does not add differing details about specific conditions for talks, participants, or whether G20 organisers or other parties confirm such a meeting.