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 Zelenskyy says that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous.”

Mr Zelensky’s remarks followed comments on Friday by Mr Trump, who said American and Russian officials were ‘already talking’ about ending the war.