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Ukraine is closer to peace than ever before - Zelenskyy

Ukraine is closer to peace than ever before - Zelenskyy President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (photo: Getty Images)

Ukraine has managed to defend its state and independence. As of now, the country is closer to peace than ever in almost three years of full-scale war, stated President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with the Associated Press.

"We are fighting, we are living, we are doing everything to bring peace closer. We are closer to it than ever during these three years of war. We have defended our state, independence, country, capital, and many different cities and villages. Unfortunately, we lost many people. I am very proud of our heroic people. Who could have imagined all this? No one. Who could have known about all this, about all these consequences? No one," the president said.

Zelenskyy emphasized that "we must do everything" to ensure that life in Ukraine stabilizes and that all Ukrainians have peace.

"I think this is the most important thing," he added.

Zelenskyy about peace

The other day, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that if US President Donald Trump wants to force Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to come to peace, he will succeed.

In an interview with AP, he said that excluding Ukraine from US-Russian talks on ending the war would be "very dangerous." Zelenskyy said that Kyiv and Washington should continue negotiations to develop a ceasefire plan.