Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer for him to travel to Moscow for peace negotiations, adding that talks cannot take place while Ukraine is under daily missile attacks.

"He can come to Kyiv," Zelenskyy said in an interview with ABC News on Friday. "I am not going to the capital of this terrorist." The interview was conducted at an American-owned factory in western Ukraine recently struck by a Russian missile.

Earlier this week, Putin said he was "never opposed" to meeting Zelenskyy and invited him to Moscow. "If Zelenskyy is prepared, then let him come to Moscow. This meeting will occur," the Russian president declared.

The remarks came as US President Donald Trump attempted to broker a resolution. Trump told Fox News last August that he wanted to "put the two of them in a room," and proposed a trilateral summit with Russia and Ukraine during his Alaska meeting with Putin. He later said a bilateral meeting could follow Zelenskyy’s planned visit to Washington.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, however, said this week it was "clear" that a private meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy was unlikely.

Zelenskyy insisted that Putin’s Moscow invitation was a delaying tactic. "He is trying to delay the meeting," the Ukrainian president told ABC News. He also said he is "ready for the meeting" in "any type of format." He added that Putin was "gambling with the United States."

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha noted on X this week that several countries, including Austria, Switzerland, Türkiye, the Holy See, and three Gulf countries, offered to host peace talks with Zelenskyy in attendance. "If one doesn't want to meet during the war, naturally, he can suggest something which cannot be acceptable by me or by someone else," Zelenskyy told ABC News.