He made the remarks during an interview with Fox News’ Fox & Friends on Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he is willing to freeze the current front lines in the war with Russia, describing it as a practical way to bring the conflict to an end.
Asked by host Brian Kilmeade whether he would agree to a peace agreement that left the situation on the ground unchanged, with Ukraine retaining 75% or more of its territory regardless of how the war began, Zelenskyy said a freeze was necessary at this stage. “We need 9.5 million people who have lost their houses, which are abroad, everywhere. “And I think this is a real way to end this war. We call it ceasefire or ‘stop killing’ like President Trump called it. “Freeze and stop. Then, of course, we will go to the president and to Europeans, and we’ll ask security guarantees,” he continued. We need them to come back to Ukraine just to live and to build their country.”
“Yes, right now, we have to freeze,” Zelenskyy responded. “This is the most important … not to be afraid,” Zelenskyy also said. And, of course, this is the minimum of what we need from Russia today.
10, according to his foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, as reported by The Associated Press.
“There will be no ceasefire to bring him back to his senses and pump him full of weapons,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said last week, according to the Interfax news agency. Separately, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Wednesday “in principle” to resume trilateral negotiations involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States after Nov. In a post on X on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Russian attacks on Ukraine continued almost hourly and stressed the human cost of the war.
