Putin congratulated the President of Ukraine on the New Year for the first time in six years

Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 31 held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky. The Kremlin announced this.

The conversation took place at the initiative of the Ukrainian side. Putin and Zelensky noted the importance of the new contract gas transit and the recent prisoner exchange between Kiev and Donbass. The leaders of the two countries also congratulated each other on the New Year.

According to information on the Kremlin website, Putin has not congratulated the presidents of Ukraine on the New Year for six years. his previous New Year greetings He sent in December 2013 to Viktor Yanukovych.