‘We haven’t switched sides’: Vucic meets Zelensky but says Serbia will keep talking to Russia?

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says Serbia has not “switched sides” after hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, rejecting criticism from both pro-Russian and pro-Western opponents. He insists Belgrade will preserve a sovereign foreign policy: Serbia has not imposed sanctions on Russia, seeks peace rather than either side’s victory in the Russia–Ukraine war, and will continue talking with Kyiv because Ukraine supports Serbia’s territorial-integrity position on Kosovo.