• Putin claims Zelenskiy lacks legitimacy for talks
• Zelenskiy says Russian leader afraid of negotiations
• Ukraine cites martial law for Zelenskiy’s legitimacy
• Putin suggests Western allies could facilitate talks

MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine could find a legal way to hold peace talks with Russia on ending their nearly three-year-old war, but Moscow sees no willingness on Kyiv’s part to engage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy immediately dismissed Putin’s statements questioning his legitimacy, saying that the Kremlin chief had shown he was afraid of talks and sought to prolong the war.