Zelenskyy: brigade commanders work on strengthening positions on toughest fronts

This philosophy, i.e. achieving peace through strength, was also reflected in President Zelenskyy's congratulations to the newly elected US president,

Sybiha said

Further steps to establish communication channels between the teams were also discussed during the conversation, and this work has already begun. So we are open to further cooperation. I'm convinced we're all united by the goal of achieving a just peace and stopping Russian aggression,

the minister said

Ukraine requires permission to use long-range weaponry against military targets on Russian territory,

he added

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

He [Trump] wants this war to be finished,

Zelensky continued, acknowledging

If there is no political pressure, if there are no decisions, North Korea will increase the number of its soldiers,

he cautioned,

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[A] ceasefire was tried back in 2014 ... and we lost Crimea."

Recalling a failed 2014 ceasefire with Russia that led to Crimea's annexation and set the stage for further conflict, Zelensky stated

But that is not a negotiation that President Zelenskyy has been interested in nor should it be,

he concluded

That has been our policy – our longstanding policy that it is up for President Zelenskyy to decide when it’s time for negotiations. It’s not something that it is appropriate for us or for any other country to push him into,

he stressed

But as always – and you can just look at the statements that he continues to make – we have seen no indication from Vladimir Putin that he is willing to drop his demand to continue to gobble up Ukrainian territory,

he said

We must be preparing for any decision. We want a fair end to the war. I am sure that the imminent end of the war means losses."

Zelenskiy said

If it's just fast, it means losses for Ukraine. I just don't yet understand how this could be in any other way. Maybe we do not know something, do not see,

he said

I believe that President Trump really wants a quick decision” to end Russia’s war against Ukraine

Zelenskyy told journalists in Budapest

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I heard that it’s better to implement a ceasefire and then, ‘we’ll see,

Zelenskyy said, referring to Orbán’s comments

One thing is clear to me: he genuinely wants an end to the war,

the Ukrainian leader emphasised