Putin promised me he would not kill Zelenskiy, says former Israeli PM
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#68HVH)
Naftali Bennett says Putin also dropped vow to seek disarmament of Ukraine and Zelenskiy agreed to give up on joining Nato
The former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett has said in an interview that Vladimir Putin made him a promise he would not try to kill Volodymyr Zelenskiy, during a trip to Moscow shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year.
Speaking on a podcast with the Israeli journalist Hanoch Daum, published on Sunday, Bennett said he received assurance from Putin that the Ukrainian president's life would be safe during a secretive visit to the Russian capital last March aimed at mediation during the war's early days.
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