Ukraine's push for direct talks, days before 10 February 2025
A look back at what Kyiv's president said about meeting Putin in the days before 10 February 2025, and a parallel gas warning from Moldova.
What was the diplomatic picture on 10 February 2025? In the days before that date, two reported statements pointed to pressure around the war and its regional effects.
On 4 February 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan that he was ready for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, provided the meeting was a setup to end the war. The condition mattered: the offer was tied to a result, not to talks for their own sake.
Two days later, on 6 February 2025, Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean called on the breakaway region of Transnistria to take steps to avoid a new gas crisis. The remark was part of what became known as the 2025 Moldovan energy crisis, and it fell within the wider frame of Moldova–European Union relations.
Reading the two together
The two statements came from different governments and concerned different problems. One addressed negotiations over ending the war; the other addressed energy supply in a neighbouring state. As of 10 February 2025, the reported record showed an openness to direct talks on Kyiv's side, and a public warning from Chisinau about gas supplies.
