00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the former owner of the Premier League football club Chelsea had met him in Kyiv
00:11with a message from Russia and offered to bring a reply directly to Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
00:17Mr Zelensky said he told Mr Abramovich to tell the Russian President he was willing to meet any time from
00:25tomorrow in any location other than Russia or Belarus and either bilaterally or with US President Donald Trump and European
00:35leaders.
00:36He did not say when the meeting took place but the Financial Times reported the pair had met in late
00:43May this year.
00:45Mr Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 over his connections
00:53to Mr Putin.
00:55He has previously been involved in negotiations with Moscow and reportedly played a role in arranging a prisoner swap in
01:022022 that secured the release of five British men captured while fighting for Ukraine.
01:09Mr Zelensky and the King met for a private audience at Windsor Castle during the afternoon.
01:15Charles has publicly supported Ukraine since the early period of Russia's invasion, meeting Ukrainians who have sought sanctuary in the
01:23UK at many events and his Christmas Day broadcast featured the choir songs for Ukraine chorus.
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