In an interview with Fox News, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Kyiv is willing to freeze fighting along current front lines as a necessary step toward ending the war with Russia.
Zelenskyy emphasized that halting hostilities remains the minimum requirement from Moscow, after which Ukraine would pursue binding security guarantees from the U.S. and European allies.
Transcript:
Journalist: Have you seen any indication that Vladimir Putin wants peace and an end to this? And number two, if you could answer directly, would you accept a peace deal that freezes everything the way it is right now, where you still keep 75 percent or more of your country—regardless of how it started, would you be—would you accept where it is right now?
ZELENSKYY: Yes. Right now, we have to freeze, and I think this is a real way to end this war. We call it a ceasefire, or "stop killing," as President Trump called it. Freeze and stop. And of course, this is the minimum what we need from Russia today. Then, of course, we’ll go to the president and to Europeans, and we’ll ask for security guarantees. The most important is peace and also security peace. This is the most important—not to have, you know, not to be afraid that occupation will come back, aggression will come back, killings will come back. So we have to stop this. And that’s why freeze and talks, and security guarantees from the United States. And prosperity from our partners for the innovation of our lives. We need 9.5 million people who lost their houses, who are abroad everywhere—we need them to come back to Ukraine just to live and to build their country.
Journalist: And President Zelenskyy, thanks so much for your time. Steve Witkoff has what could result from your meeting. He’s presenting to Vladimir Putin right now. Hopefully, we start talking about peace, and we talk one day about what life looks like after the war. President Zelenskyy, thanks so much.
ZELENSKYY: Thank you so much, Brian. And thanks to the American people.
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