This was stated by the press secretary of the russian dictator putin, Dmitry Peskov, to russian media.
“All the preparatory work for such a meeting has not yet been done. I want to remind you that the president himself constantly does not rule out the possibility of such a meeting after the necessary part of the work is completed at the expert level and the proper distance has been overcome”, - said Peskov in response to a question about a possible meeting between vladimir putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.