As widely reported, this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, proposing direct dialogue and an urgent ceasefire. The move was “theatrical but extraordinarily effective,” Jan Piekło, a former Polish ambassador to Kyiv, tells Wirtualna Polska in an interview.  Zelensky was hitting Putin where he is most susceptible to outside pressure: his public persona and his fear for his personal safety. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage