Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he raised the risk of a frozen conflict with Russia and pressed for security guarantees in weekend talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron.
Zelenskyy said he sought to drive home his position that Ukraine can only enter into ceasefire talks from a position of strength — and told the leaders in Paris on Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t want to end the war.
"Nobody wants to end the war more than us,” Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv on Monday, as he weighed in on inducing Putin to back down. "We need to force him — one can force him only if Ukraine is strong,” he said, meaning a robust military and the capability to launch long-range attacks.
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