Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges European allies' support to achieve peace and security

I am focusing on security today and not in 20 years' time. I don't plan to be in power for 10 years,

Zelensky told the forum, stating his readiness to step down if it means peace for Ukraine

You continue to inspire me and tens of millions of my fellow citizens back home in Canada."

He said

Dmitry Peskovspokesman

The Europeans continue on the path of a sanctions nosedive, on the path of conviction in the need to continue the war,

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, responding to a fresh package of sanctions levelled by Brussels on Monday

Sergey Lavrovforeign Minister

We will stop hostilities only when these negotiations produce a firm and sustainable result that suits the Russian Federation,

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on a visit to Turkey

Putin will not give us peace or give it to us in exchange for something. We have to win peace through strength and wisdom and unity,

he added

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

This year should be the year of the beginning of a real, lasting peace,

Zelensky told Kyiv's backers in Kyiv

This idiot doesn't understand what he's talking about at all. He's in some kind of bubble and falls for Russian rhetoric,

41-year-old soldier Mikhailo told AFP

Putin is trying harder than ever to win this war on the ground. His goal remains Ukraine's capitulation,

she said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Russia must release Ukrainians. Ukraine is ready to exchange all for all, and this is a fair way to start,

Zelenskyy said

I don't want to give up Ukrainian lands ... we've been fighting for so long,

he told AFP on the eve of the anniversary

You cannot be weak in the face of President Putin."

He said

In this war, you don't count days, weeks, numbers, or any dates,

said Mykola, a 38-year-old gun commander stationed in the eastern Donetsk region

It scares me more. Because the bloodiest moments always come before a truce,

said Andrii, a 25-year-old serving with Ukraine's army in the east

In Ukraine, about Ukraine, with Ukraine."

In an apparent rebuke of Trump's moves to sideline Kyiv from talks on how to end the war, EU Council President Antonio Costa said

I thank everyone who defends and supports it."

Zelenskyy on Monday hailed "three years of resistance ... adding:

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Three years of resistance. Three years of gratitude. Three years of absolute heroism of Ukrainians,

said Zelenskyy

A free and sovereign Ukraine is in the interest of the entire world,

von der Leyen said ahead of her meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday

We must speed up the immediate delivery of weapons and ammunition,

she said, calling for urgent military aid for Ukraine

Europe must be able to defend itself, develop its industries, and achieve the necessary results,

Zelenskyy posted on social media

We are in Kiev today, because Ukraine is Europe. In this fight for survival, it is not only the destiny of Ukraine that is at stake. It's Europe's destiny,

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on social media with a video of her arriving in Kiev alongside Antonio Costa, president of the European Council