Zelenskiy says Ukraine needs substantive diplomacy to end war

4/3/2025 6:42

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had to engage in substantive diplomacy to bring to a rapid end the three-year-old war with Russia, and he hoped to be able to rely on U.S. support in securing peace.



"It is very important that we try to make our diplomacy really substantive to end this war the soonest possible," Zelenskiy wrote on X.



"We are working together with America and our European partners and very much hope for U.S. support on the path to peace. Peace is needed as soon as possible," he added.



Zelenskiy's X posting came after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his patience was running out with the Ukrainian leader, following an AP report that quoted Zelenskiy saying at the weekend that the end of the war was "very, very far away".



Zelenskiy had been attending a weekend meeting of Ukraine's European allies devoted to working out a plan for a settlement of the war -- two days after Zelenskiy's talks with Trump in the White House broke down in acrimonious exchanges.