We fight, we hold on, we do everything to bring peace closer. And today, more than ever in these three years of war, we are close to it - said Zelensky in an interview with the Associated Press. He assessed what Putin fears.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that talks with Ukraine were possible but not with its President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he deemed "illegitimate".