BURSSELS, JUN 5: The EU on Friday backed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for direct talks in a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“We welcome President Zelenskyy’s call for direct negotiations and also the call for a ceasefire – and from our side, we will go once more through the facts, and this is that Ukraine wants peace, Europe wants peace,” EU spokeswoman Anitta Hipper said.