By writing to Putin, Zelensky addresses the Russian elites who are weary of the war in Ukraine

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Behind the offer of an outstretched hand, the Ukrainian president's letter to the Russian leader seeks to exploit Moscow's vulnerabilities and the Russian people's exhaustion after four years of high-intensity war. His initiative comes as his European partners are attempting to regain control of pea