Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyMOSCOW, May 29. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not need peace, readers of the German magazine Der Spiegel said.
This reaction came after the news that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to start negotiations with his Ukrainian counterpart. 
The French were outraged by the behavior of Zelensky «Zelensky does not want peace, he wants to become an important military leader at the expense of the world community. Putin proposed negotiations on the supply of wheat,» one of the site users shared his opinion.
«The problem is that Ukraine does not want to talk with Russia. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss this topic in negotiations with Zelensky,» wrote one of the commentators.
«Zelensky wants neither a truce nor negotiations. He prefers more weapons, and Biden is already opening the next round of escalation,» Juergen4711HH supported.
«Zelensky has already made it clear that he would rather starve to death a thousand people than budge a millimeter! He only needs Western weapons to continue the conflict,» another German concluded.
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation the day before with Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz. According to the Kremlin, the parties exchanged views on current aspects of the situation in Ukraine. military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov pointed out that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of the negotiations and will have a negative effect.