Deutsche Welle
· collected 2026-09-12 · by Misha Komadovsky, Roshni Majumdar, Timothy Jones
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he would travel to Miami if his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, attended the Group of 20 (G20) leaders' summit scheduled for December.
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counterpart → say → December
Zelenskyy replied enthusiastically when DW's correspondent Misha Komadovsky posed the question on Friday.
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Komadovsky → reply → Friday
We have to come.
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We → have → ?
We have to meet, to speak and make decisions," he said.
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he → have → decisions
Zelenskyy added that what he was going to say to Putin mattered less than results.
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going → add → results
What I will tell him or what he wants to tell me, it doesn’t matter.
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it → tell → me
It doesn’t matter.
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It → matter → ?
] Results matter.
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Results → matter → ?
Zelenskyy and Putin have not met in person since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbor in February 2022.
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Russia → meet → February
The Kremlin has so far declined to say whether Putin would go to Miami for the meeting.
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Putin → decline → meeting
The Russian leader has not personally attended a G20 summit since 2019.
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leader → attend → 2019
Last month, Russia's Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was however invited by the US to attend a meeting of G20 countries in North Carolina in a move that upset European officials.
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that → invite → officials
First up, however, Zelenskyy spoke of the deals he signed on Thursday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, including a 100-year partnership declaration.
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he → speak → declaration
Zelenskyy underlined the importance of the deal, which he said covered numerous sectors, "from security, financing, energy, very important energy, veteran policy, and culture, and relationships and humanitarian issues."
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he → underline → security
"So it's a global decision, a really historic decision, and I'm happy that we have it," he said.
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he → have → it
Zelenskyy said he had also signed a deal on collaboration on drone production with the Canadian leader involving a number of Ukrainian companies.
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he → say → companies
Zelenskyy pushes for more Patriot missiles ahead of winter
Zelenskyy's interview with DW comes as summer is nearly over and Ukraine is gearing up for the cold months of winter.
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Ukraine → push → winter
The Ukrainian president has conceded that his country has been struggling to counter flying jet-propelled drones that Russia has been increasingly deploying.
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Russia → concede → that
"They [US] have political will to sell and to help, but the production is not too big.
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production → have → will
So it means that stocks is a variant," he said.
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he → mean → ?
"Will Americans be ready to give us (Patriots)?
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I don’t know.
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I → know → ?
We will see.
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What Zelenskyy needs from US and European allies
"Russia [currently] produces 140 ballistic missiles per month.
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So, according to the rules of NATO, if you want to destroy 140, you need a 1-to-2 [ratio], 280 missiles," Zelenskyy told DW.
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"You will never have 280 missiles per month, and between us, it’s a huge challenge to have [even] 100 missiles per month.
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This is what I want.
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I → want → what
I want to have 100-120 for these difficult months, especially the cold months."
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I → want → months
Germany earlier this week said it was going to send Patriot missiles from its national stock, without specifying how many missiles that would be.
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that → say → stock
Zelenskyy called on Kyiv's European allies to provide more support.
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They have to give as much as possible.
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With all respect to them, they have to give to Ukrainians to save their lives."
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they → have → lives
Zelenskyy also spoke of having secured agreements with several European companies to develop a Ukrainian-led anti-missile system called Freya.
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Zelenskyy → speak → system
He said he was hoping that the first test phase would begin by the end of December, stressing that time was short.
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time → say → December
Ukraine in 'good position for negotiations'
Zelenskyy said that it was a "good signal" that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Kyiv earlier this week, and not just Moscow.
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envoys → say → Kyiv
He said he had made clear to them that his country was well-placed for negotiations on ending the conflict, with Russia estimated to be losing more than 30,000 soldiers a month.
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Russia → say → soldiers
Zelenskyy said this meant that Moscow was paying a "big price" for small gains on the battlefield.
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Moscow → say → battlefield
"So that’s why we think that we have now good position for negotiations," he said, adding that his country was stronger than last year.
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country → ’ → year
Grain and energy top priorities
The other concern that has been coming up steadily over this summer is the shipment of grains through the Black Sea, with Moscow and Kyiv currently targeting each other's ships and hindering exports.
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Moscow → come → exports
Russia's de facto blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports in the Odesa region has led to a 76% fall in Ukraine's grain exports year-on-year so far in August.
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blockade → lead → August
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