President Zelenskyy: Russia avoiding Ukraine peace concessions with allies

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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is making an attempt "to play with the president of the US" and stalling U.S.-brokered efforts to finish the warfare.

In an interview with Fox Information in Kyiv, Zelenskyy pushed again on solutions from President Trump that Ukraine is holding up the peace course of.

"We at all times supported peace," Zelenskyy stated. "If you find yourself at your own home, in your home, in your territory, in your metropolis, after all you wish to cease it."

As a substitute, Zelenskyy charged that Russia is trying to pull out discussions to keep away from making concessions.

"They attempt to play with the president of the US," he stated.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is interviewed by Fox Information senior international affairs correspondent Greg Palkot in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2026. (Fox Information)

Requested by Fox Information if he thinks Vladimir Putin is taking part in a sport, Zelenskyy replied, "Yeah, I feel so. Yeah. He must postpone any sort of negotiations."

Zelenskyy stated Ukraine is able to freeze the battle alongside its present strains, proposing a ceasefire adopted by negotiations. However he stated he wouldn't settle for a Russian demand for Ukraine to give up territory the Russian military has not been capable of seize in 4 years of combating.

Fox Information spoke with Zelenskyy at his workplaces in Kyiv, a closely guarded advanced the place the lights are dimmed and sandbags dot the corridors. Among the many grand marble staircases and excessive ceilings, partitions are embellished with large portraits of troopers, standing some 12 toes tall.

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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake arms throughout a information convention after their assembly to barter an finish to the warfare in Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 15, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Talking at some point after the battle entered its fifth 12 months, Zelenskyy accepted that some in Ukraine are weary of warfare. However he stated peace proposals up to now are closely tilted towards Russia's calls for.

"All people needs peace, and lots of people are drained," Zelenskyy stated. "However imagine me, not all people is prepared ... to eat what Putin cooked for us."

The Ukrainian chief urged President Trump to go to his nation, saying, "He'll see such a results of the assaults. And he'll see how the nation actually lives. Not simply surviving."

Portraits of Ukrainian troopers on the Memorial for the Fallen at Independence Sq. Maidan on the third anniversary of Russia's invasion in Kyiv Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Bo Amstrup/NTB/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

Regardless of large losses, Zelenskyy hailed Ukraine’s struggle.

"Russia could not and may't occupy us. They did not win, and for us, it is a victory. We defended our independence and freedom," he stated.

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"They did not change the nation. They did not change our flag.

"I am certain that Russia acknowledged — actually acknowledges now — that it was an enormous mistake."

Associated Article Simon Owen is a Fox Information Senior Area Producer primarily based in its London, UK bureau. Simon could be adopted on Instagram at @simon384