President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy. In a radio interview aired on Saturday, Zelenskiy conceded that the battlefield situation in eastern Ukraine was difficult and Russia was making advances.

President-elect Donald Trump will cause the war in Ukraine and Russia to end sooner when the new administration is seated, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine must do all it can to ensure the war with Russia ends next year through diplomacy, commenting at a decisive moment after Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election win and Russia's grinding battlefield gains.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is certain the war with Russia will “end sooner” than it otherwise would have done once Donald Trump becomes US president. Zelensky said he had a “constructive exchange” with Trump during their phone conversation after his victory in the US presidential election.

As the conflict reaches its 1,000th day next week, Ukraine is facing increasingly difficult conditions on the frontlines

The president-elect has claimed he would end the war within 24 hours and previously said Ukraine would have benefited from an earlier peace deal.