Zelenskyy Hails Trump’s Role In Ukraine Peace Talks, Says Putin Alone Can End War

Last Updated:August 01, 2025, 18:33 IST

Russia-Ukraine War: Zelenskyy supported Donald Trump's efforts to end the war with Russia, calling for urgent high-level negotiations.

Russia-Ukraine War: US President Donald Trump with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his support for US President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker an end to the war with Russia, calling for urgent high-level negotiations and reiterating Ukraine’s readiness to meet directly with Russian leadership “at any time."

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Zelenskyy wrote, “We see and support President Trump’s @POTUS efforts to end Russia’s war, to stop the killing and to achieve a dignified and lasting peace. We are grateful to everyone around the world who supports peace efforts and helps us protect lives."

The statement comes amid an accelerated timetable set by the United States to end the war in Ukraine as senior American diplomat Sarah Kelley told the UN Security Council that Donald Trump expects a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine to be reached by August 8.

Sarah Kelley told UN, “Both Russia and Ukraine must negotiate a ceasefire and durable peace. It is time to make a deal. President Trump has made clear this must be done by August 8. The United States is prepared to implement additional measures to secure peace."

Donald Trump earlier said, “There’s no reason in waiting. I want to be generous but we just don’t see any progress being made."

In his post, Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged recent signals from Moscow suggesting possible openness to negotiations but warned against misreading delay tactics as genuine intent. He wrote, “If these are signals of a genuine willingness to end the war with dignity and establish a truly lasting peace- and not merely an attempt to buy more time for war or delay sanctions- then Ukraine once again reaffirms its readiness to meet at the level of leaders at any time."

Volodymyr Zelenskyy made clear that the time for preliminary discussions had passed as he asserted, “We understand who makes the decisions in Russia and who must end this war. The whole world understands this too. Ukraine calls for moving beyond the exchange of statements and technical-level meetings to talks between leaders. The United States has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it. What is needed is Russia’s readiness."

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